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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
NORTHWESTERN NEWS|
Secretary Halls
Demurrer 0verruled
In Packing Co. Case

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 10.-Declar-
ing the issues involved to be of such
Importance that the action should be
decided on its merits rather than on
technical ground. Judge w. L. Nuessle
in district court Saturday afternoon
overruled the demurrer Of Secretary
of State Hall to the complaint of the
Equity Cooperative Packing Co., OF
Fargo. which is seeking to compel
Hall to accept an amended declara-
ton of incorporation which will per-
nit the company to be re~incorporated
as a cooperative company. The sec
rotary of state was granted a stay OF
thirty days. and it is his announced
intention to appeal from Judge Nues-
sle's ruling on the demurrer to the su-
preme court. Z.
President p. NJ. Casey stated Satur-
day hat the object of the Equity com
pany in Incorporating vas to secure
for its members the privileges of a
cooperative company, which would
return to its patrons all profits in ex
cess of the eight per cent required to
pay dividends on its capital stock. The
saving Of 1895 which would be affect
ed in the change. representing the
difference between the incorporation
fee for cooperative companies and
straight stock. companies is a minor
consideration, says Casey. The presi-
dent says the company when it orig
inaily incorporated believed it was
coming in as a purely cooperative
company aad that Its mistake was dis
covered only last fall.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
SUPREME COURT OF
MONTANA TAKES UP
TWO VITAL CASES

Helena, Mont, Feb. .10.-The state
court is hearing arguments
today on two vital cases.
On the decision in the first will
hang near beef" in the state: on
that in the second. the workmen's
act. "
The Centennial Brewing company
Of Butte, on appeal from an adverse
decision in the courts Of Silver Bow
county, is testing theb %rohibition act.
This statute was passed by the as
sembly two years ago and went into,
effect December 80 last.
The appellant company declares the
law allows the sale of beverages con-
tanning less than two per cent Of al
cohol. The supreme court lever had
decided the mater.
The Murty Shea case. involving the
workmen's compensation act, arose
from the fire in the Granite Mountain
mine in Butte in June, 1877. in which
100 miners lost their lives. The ap-
pelalnt a dependent of Shea, attacks
the constitutionality of the act and
it is said $50 other cases brought by
dependents Of victims of the fire will
bring their suits on this decision.
They seek larger damages than the
compensation act allows.
Decision in both these cases is ex-
pected to be reserved. perhaps for
some weeks.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
JUST FOLKS
s>rnnA rA@Ara.~.s
.By - &c.

The Second I~AeaAenane.
The second lieutensnts! ! sing their
For out q the ~Dassbsn fields they
TO play their part in : sitter game.
They were smooth Of cheek and were
keen of eye; 81 4<M
They were boys AT school till they
OF a nation calling for men to die.
Some. Of them made us smile. per-
At the pride they took in their shout
der straps,
AS they lorded it over the othe,
chaps. .sS
And we laughed at them in their
army suits.
pompously drilling the raw recruits
Insisting on regular. stif salutes.
But over there whore the hate was
And the cannon barked and the blood
was shed. ~
The second lieutenants the charges
led. /.
i CHI SCCNLIlcl1 NSW 40 ~ O0 II q
pale glow
Cheering their men in the trench be-
AS they wait the hour that is set to
go.
AS they leap the top and the fight
begins
Nobody jeers at them now or grins.
God has forgiven them all their sins.
Nobody sneers at their boyish pride.
Nobody smiles at their manly stride,
The jests are lost in the way they
died.
The second l%ieutenants! I sing their
AS boys from the baseball fields they
came
To play their part in a sitter game.
God grant them glory and peace, I
pray,
For the peoples bloom where they
sleep to-day
The second l~ieutepants who led\ the
Wavi '" .+F"r.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10

To some people there Is an incongruity In consider
Ing at the same time and place plans for the abolition
Of war and rules and regulations for the prosecution OF
war. It is hoped that the league Of nations will prevent
war. and at the same time in the discussion Of the sub
marine and other questions, there is present the concep-
ton Of war as a future possibility. But there is no incon-
sistency. 1t Is hoped that the league Of nations win prove
an effective means for the prevention Of war. But that
league is not yet formed. nor are its functions at all
clearly indicated. And II it shall prove that for a further
indefinite period it is necessary to give legal sanction to
war, under extreme circumstances, it is surely we'll to
exclude, SO far as possible, those practices which are al
ways and necessarily inconsistent With every spirit of
humanity. 1t is certain that the effective use Of the sub
marine as an agency of war is utterly inconsistent with
the right of peaceful people to travel the seas on their
own affairs in safety.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
SUBMARINES

There is much of reasonableness in the reported at
titude of members of the peace conference in favor OF
the abolition of the submarine as a war weapon instead OF
clustvely shown early in the war that the difficulties. sur
rounding the use of the submarine in a manner consistent
with the practices of moderately civilized and humane
beings were so great as almost entirely to DESTROY the
usefulness of the submarine.
This fact was recognized by the Germans, and was
made the basis for pleas by them in attempted justifica-
ton Of their illegal practices. They pointed out that the
submarine was incapable Of operating in conformity with
International law. With characteristic German logic
they proposed, not to abandon the submarine. but to wipe
out the law that would restrict it's use. The other ma.
tons quite naturally held that IL Germany had a weapon
that she found it impossible to use legally IT was ber
business to abandon the weapon rather than for the world
~ abandon its law.
The practices of civilized nations. which hased
~ the ordinary requirements Of human society. require
k1at@ no naval commander may attack a vessel on the
open sea without first ascertaining its true character.
nd that under no circumstances nay a vessel be at
stScke6sMother than q val vessel, without provision first
bb1stns made Tor the safety OF its passengers and crew.
4 me submarine Is not adapted to this work. II Is
xSetivsly small fraiI. and difcult to handle. As was
S5Stuted sodt many times during the war. were It to at
a1iA ept ~ earry ont the provisions OF the law by visit and
xi6fchgsy ii would itsef invite destruction. The lawful
* ~ subsaaIine are 90 few, that. IL 1t is to be con-
- "a ~ may - we'll not be used ct all.
k1HES
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
INSURANCE
BILL TO Be
. CONSIDERED

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 1O-The Nom
partisan caucus will have under con-
sideration this week a hail insurance
bill which, has been 81 amended and
to the measure as originally introduce
ed at this session. Most Of the chang
es have been made at the suggestion
of Commissioner Olsness, who has
made a careful study of hail insure
ance in force in. various American
states and the western provinces of
the dominion, together with new
now have under consideration
Three. plans will come before the
caucus for approval. One Of these
contemplates a strictly mutual ar
rangement, in which the tillers or
owners of all cultivated lands will
participate. Another provides for a
fat tax of five cents an acre to apply
withdrawal upon the part of owners
of such lands from this fiat tax, but
provision would be made to permit
them to withdraw, on or before June
is, each year, from the mutual fea-
lures. (which would provide for the
assessment Of costs on a pro-rata ha-
sis against members of the fund. tR
the fall. after all losses had been res
ported and adjusted.
The third plan contemplates a nat
tax of three cents per acre on all
tillable lands. to include cropped lands
and lands which are tillable but UNI
fenced, and to exclude all untillable
and unfenced lands, with the same
withdrawal privileges as in the second
scheme, and with the same mutual as
sessment features.
In all cases the assessment would
be made in the, fall, after the extent
Of damage to growing crops had been
ascertained, and this assessment
would be spread on the tax rolls Of
the various counties and collected as
other, taxes are collected. Under this
plan the fund would not become ac-
tualiy available until the following
spring, But immediate indemnity could
be provided farmers suffering losses
through the medium'o of interest-bear-
ing warrants to be issued by the state
auditor on order of the hail insurance
department.
Last year about 10, 900, 900 acres Of
land were under cultivation in North
! Dakota. A fiat tax Of five cents per
acre on this area would yield a fund
Of s900,0 600 per annum. Then. should
the losses in any given yea exceed
that amount-which they probably
will every year-the difference will
be made up by mutual assessment. A
loss of SIS, 900, 900 would necessitate
an assessment of IS cents per acre, il
the farmers were Unidentified in full
for their damage.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION

Legislative bodies have displayed a great deal Of in
lsenuity in discovering new sourcesfof revenue in persons
or organizations, or institutions, which have not in the
past been directly taxed. The tax authority who discovers
anything which has been omitted from the tax lists is
usually as proud Of his feat as is the hen of the fact that
she has laid a perfectly good new egg. The discovery
of a new taxation possibility is apt to be regarded as an
actual addition to the wealth of the community rather
than as another means for transferring wealth from one,
hand to the other. But our forgetfulness does not alter
the fact that in all but a few cases, 1t is the plain people
who pay the taxes. no matter upon what they are levied,
and no matter through what channels the tax pressure
is conducted until it reaches its ultimate resting place.
The railroad tax must first be collected from the
patrons of the road in passenger fares and freight tariffs.
The tax on telephone communication must be received
by the company in the shape of charges for service rend-
cred. The taxes on lands and goods form part Of the
cost of doing business, whether on the farm or behind
the counter, and in the last analysis an equation is struck
whereby these charges revert to the people who consume
the goods produced.
The spirit which has prompted the framing of the
tax measures now pending in the North Dakota legisla-
ture is that of Selling upon every imaginable form Of tax
possibility and turning the revenue from it directly into
the treasury of the state, leaving to the subdivisions
which in the past have utilized these things for their own
revenue purposes to seek new sources upon which taxes
may be laid. The municipalities have in the past added
to their other property valuation. the value of the rail-
road property within their borders. and have levied taxes
upon it. as upon other property. They have collected
license fees upon various activities which it has been
necessary for them to regulate. And their property has
been assessed, in theory, at least, on a basis of equality
with other property in the state, although in fact city
property has been assessed at a rate relatively much
higher than has rural property.
The plan which is now being urged deprives the mu-
inequalities of everything in the shape of revenue which
the state can take from them, and leaves them to discover
new sources, if they can. The purpose is obvious. The
gigantic Socialist experiment which is being forced upon
the state will need immense sums of money. Where
thousands sudiced before, millions will be required now.
And the men who are manipulating the scheme desire
to camoufage it to as great an extent as possible by con-
cealing at least a part of its cost. Accordingly the rev.
enues of the municipalities are seized and turned >over
to the state, and the municipalities are left to shift for
themselves. When comment is made on the increased
taxation, the effort will be made to shift the blame onto
the local authorities. That is the scheme in brief, and
we shall see how it will work. -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
Rabbits Cause Spread
! OF The Spotted Fever

Bozeman, Mont, Feb. 1O.-Wild
rabbits r at least partly RESPONSE
BILE for the spread of>spotted fever
in Montana, according to DR.. r. r.
Parker, assistant to the state board
Of entomology. Live rabbits sent to
him from various parts of the state
are now being studied.
DR.. Parker believes that human be-
ings contract spotted fever from the
wood tick which is known to carry
these germs. Wild rabbits are usual
~ victims Of these ticks; Dr. Parker
holds, and many infected rabbits have
been found, he says. According to
the ~entomologist. the disease Was
been most prevalent in sections Of
the states where the rabbits are
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
Book Trust Unaware
Macdonald Was Back
In Private Life

Bismarck. Feb. 10.-Eeague organs
have charged that tbs American book
trust ia 1nuchssiseedsover the fact that
Miss 'MtnniasJ ]. Nelson defeated Neil
c. Macdonald for the office OF state
superintendent Of public instruction.
The facts are that the American Book
company does not even know that Mr..
Macdonald. was relegated to private
life by q very substantial majority
of his fellow. citizens last November.
Mail Is daily arriving at the office 81
the state superintendent Of public I'M
company addressed to the Hon. NC.
Iq1scdonad, state superintendent Of
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
Parliament Will Be
Asked To Extend War
Prohibition A Year

Ottawa. Ont. Feb. 10.-The prohi-
bition legislation to be brought before
parliament at the coming session has
been practically decided upon, It'll S
understood. Parliament will. probably
be asked to extend for one rear from
the declaration of peace. the regula-
tons enacted last spring by order-in-
council under the war measures act
prohibiting the further manufacture
and importation Of liquor and also
prohibiting transport of liquor. from
a wet to a dry" area within Can
ada.
The years further trial Of the pres
ent prohibition regulations is to be
followed, according to the legislation
a nov contemplated, by a national
referendum, giving the majority of
the people of Canada a right tQssay
whether or not the whole dominion
shall wipe out entirely the manufac-
ture of intoxicantS. 5.... :
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
Cheyenne Indians
Protest Settlement

Pierre. s.. D.. Feb. a1o.-1ndians on
the Cheyenne river reservation are
sharply divided over a plan, favored
by Indians who have acquired citizen
ship, to open their alnds for general
settlement.
Sentimental reasons have been Nd
vanced by Indians who prefer to keep
the reservation closed. They main-
tain that the obening of the region
means the general breaking up in
tribal relations and the observance
Of their tribal customs. They also
hold that the proposed action would
probably mean that many of their
descendants woul dbe without home
steads.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
SPRINGFIELD Is OUT.

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 10.-There is
little likelihood Of Springfield becom-
ing a member Of the Three-I league
for the 1919 season, according to
Dick Kinsella. former owne Of the
Springfield club. Kinsella believes,
however, that in cities like Peoria.
Bloomington and Decatur. the plan
would work satisfactorily. Spring
field lis under a handicap. There is
no baseball park here and the, old
grandstand used in previous years.
has been dismantled. 4 new grand
stand would cost about $4,000, he
said.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
Wisconsin Hunters
Want Stringent Law

Ashland, Wis. Feb. .1o.-.Hunters Of
northern Wisconsin, like sportsmen In
Minnesota, are, strongly advocating
changes in the state game laws. the
the game q chance"
AlthoughJit il admitted that many
changes in the old code have been,
made. sportsmen have charged that
interruptions hunters will take advan-
tage OF unfair means to slaughter
deer. Closer enforcement r0f head.
hdnting prohibitions is urged and,
some SpOrtsmen are seemingly In
favor of having hunting scafolds
completely forbidden.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
CLUB MEN
CONFER AT BUTTE

Butte, Mont. Feb. 10.-apeakers
from Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Mon
and Idaho are on the program
of the district conference of Rotary
clubs, which opened here today. The
conference will close tomorrow. Mat
ters to be brought before the interna-
tional conference at Salt Lake, in
June, are to be discussed. J.. r. Hob
bins Of Great Falls is governor of the
clubs in this district,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
ABERDEEN SHORT
COURSE IS OPEN

Aberdeen. s.. D., Feb. 10.-The an
nual farmers short course was OPEN
ed here today and will be closed to-
morrow. The program includes agri-
cultural addresses, women's meetings.
stock judging, q corn school and do
mestic science study.
~During the annual Hereford sale
at the livestock pavilion tomorrow,
there will be a class in cattle study
and stock judging.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
SIXTY CASES SET
BY SUPREME COURT

Bismarck, N. D.. Feb. 1o.-Sixty
cases. including every matter in which
briefs have been filed. have been set
by the supreme court for argument.
By April Is everything on the calen-
dar for the March term will have
been argued. For the first, time ID
several years the supreme cburt has
caught up. with its work, q.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
JACKSON
HAS TWO OFFERS

Peoria, ILL.,, Feb. 1o.-william
Jackson. a former manager Of the
Peoria club Of the Three-I league, is
considering two offers for the coming
season! The Omaha club Of the
Western league, which jackson led
last season, wants him to return and
the Shreveport club OF the Texas
league also is bidding for his services.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
, CONSUMPTION

The announcement that the prevailing sentiment at
the peace conference is in favor Of abolishing conscrip-
ton as a means of raising armies has caused no little
speculation. Before the war all the nations maintained
large standing armies. and those armies were recruited
by CONSUMPTION. In all the major nations there was
compulsory, universal military service for a considerable
In this, Germany took the lead, and. whatever
might have been the attitude of France on the subject,
had she been free to choose, the presence of Germany's
standing army just across the border made it
necessary for her to maintain a military establishment,
smaller, it is true, than Germanys. but still large enough
to be a great burden, on the productive capacity of France.
In Austria and Italy, likewise, the spur Of military COM
petition was felt The two great English speaking
powers, the British empire and the United States, were
in their avoidance Of CONSUMPTION. The war compelled
both to enlarge their armies. and to employ CONSUMPTION
as a means of doing so. =
While we have seen no statement to that effect, it is
taken for granted that the abolition Of CONSUMPTION is
intended to apply only in time of peace. II Germany
had been obliged to rely on the volunteer system. the
German army as it was in 1914 would have been an I'M
possibility. The long and strenuous military service i'm
posed by the German system was never popular with the
German masses, and thousands of former Germans now
resident in America are here because Of their anxiety to
escape military service. Without conscription none Of the
great standing armies which sucked away the very. life
OlOOOA 1OA GOAopS SOAiu HOl I0V0b COu Htd Anu
without those great armies, fit and ready to the minute,
it is doubtful if there would have been a war.
But the abolition of CONSUMPTION in time Of war is a
different thing. and one which can scarcely be considered
feasible. The nation which looks forward to the posi-
bility that it may be obliged to go to war must reserve
to itself the right to develop its physical force to the ut
most. and in the shortest possible time. In the raising
Of an army that means conscription.> Furthermore, as
Stunning that a largesarmy must be raised. CONSUMPTION is
the only fair. logical and democratic method of doing 1t.
The purpose must be. therefore. to place an obstacle
in the way Of the maintenance of great standing armies
by requiring that conception shall not be used in recruit
ing, them, rather than to place restrictions around the
methods which may be employed by a nation to collect
and organize its forces under pressure Of an actual war
emergency.
The world may owe every man = living but the miner
is the one who digs down into the earths pocket and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10

Says Kentucky obituarist of his
subject: "Ghe awas~ waited into the
gloom OF eternal Nia1 ~ Mtdnlik =
the ndornlD0 d
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10

A spinster says hat an old bachelor
is a man who has lost an opportu-
nifty to make some women miserable
1oA aAAo' . rs
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10

The world may owe every man . living but the miner
is the one who digs down into the earth's pocket and
gets it
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10

Bs sure you are rish.-then pause . moment fer re-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-02
OLCOTT DECISION
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY

SALEM. June at is now practi-
caliy certain that the supreme court
Will hand down the long expected de-
cision in the Olcott-Hoff mandamus
proceedings next Wednesday.
Chief Justice Mcbride indicated
that the decisions which are due to
come down on Tuesday will be de-
layed until Wednesday because of the
special election.
That the supreme court will sustain
the contention of Attorney General
Brown that Mr.. oleott Is governor-in-
fact and entitled to serve the full un-
expired term of the late Governor
is the general belief in
Salem.
If this is done the governor will re-
sign Immediately as secretary of state
and name a successor to that office.
In that event, it likewise seems cer-
tain that Samuel a. Kozer. deputy
secretary of state, will receive the APP
puintment,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-02

Cold Springs with such aid.
Eastern ~~Oregons support of the
Roosevelt highway project is advo-
Gated by Mr.. Thompson in return for
the vote of the west side for the ir-
rigation bill. providing that the state
guarantees interest for five years on
new irrigation projects. The new
highway would add thousands OF
acres of land to the tax rolls at an
Increased valuation and would reclaim
areas. In western Oregon just as irri-
cation has reclaimed areas in this
part OF the state.
Voters in the coast counties real
ize, Mr.. Thompson says, that the first
five years on irrigated land are the
trying time for settlers and that II
state aid is insured them to tide over
the lean years. profitable cultivation
can be got under way by that time.
Tho adoption of the three road pro-
grams for the state will mean an ex-
tended era of road construction for
the state. giving rise to healthy de-
mand for labor and materials for
months to come. The corporations
between county, state and government
will give Oregon n system of high
ways in n few years. following tho
present program, which would place
I: in the front ranks of the nation as
good roads state, the commissioner
believes,