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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-05
WHO WERE CAUSE OF
CENTRALIA TRAGEDY?
By John Nicholas Beffel
Staff Correspondent,
The Federated Press

Centralia, Wash.-This town re-
CARDS a stranger with menacing eyes.
On the streets he is watched at every
turn, commented on, questioned if he
stops anywhere long enough to be
questioned. There are two kinds of
people here, those who were in the
mob on Armistice day or who are in
sympathy with the mob's acts, and the
people were scared white by the
lawless ones, and are still scared.
I spent day here going with an
eye witness of the rioting to the scene
Of the attack on the l. w. w. hall and
the killings there; to the gray, ruined
two-story frame building which had
been the first headquarters Of the In
dustrial Workers., wrecked following
2 Red Cross parade in April, 1918; "a
the little orange-eoloted store whicl1
Blind Tom 1assiter>, newsboy and l.
w. w. member, occupied before
prominent citizens kidnapped him and
exiled him to another county.
We went also to the Chehalis river
bridge, where Wesley Everest was
lynched after being subjected to in
credible torture and mutilation. The
recital turns ones blood to ice.
I examined the bullet holes in the
front Of the cooperative store, i'm
mediately south of the raided l. w. w.
headquarters, and discovered a ma
terial discrepancy in the states evi-
dence. Fred G. Clarke, Seattle law
yer and rifle expert, had testified that
he sighted through bullet hole which
pierced the upright sill in front of the
cooperative; and that directly in the
line Of his vision he saw the upper
windows of the Avalon hotel, from
which the state contends members of
the I. w. w. fired on the paraders.
/ also sighted through that hole,
and stuck a lead pencil into it to
establish the exact direction from
which the bullet came; and you can
not see the Avalon hotel at all
through that hole; nor did the lead
pencil point twoard the Avalon. In
stead, on looking through, you see
the front of the Hop Jack soft drink
parlor, 100 feet south Of the Avalon.
No contention has been made by the
state that any shots were fired by the
Industrial workers from the direction
of the Hop Jack.
This suggests the possibility that
somebody elsein addition to the I: w.
w. may have been shooting on Nov.
II.
In The Centralia Daily Chronicle
for Oct. 21, 20 days before the tragedy
l found story about meeting of
the Centralia Citizens Protective
Assn, lately formed. The Chronicle
said, to solve the city's I. w. w. prob
lem.
Continued on Page Eight
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LABOR SPEAKS
FL FOR THE 1; j TEACHER I j r

The New York State Federation of
Labor, at it's 56th annual convention
at Syracuse, N. Y, Augusta 1919, in
cluded in its program Of resolutions
one favoring "a thorough going and
complete revision upward of teachers
salaries, which at present are out
rageously low, especially in rural dis
tricts, and a state law to the effect
that the minimum annual salaries for
teachers shall not be less than $4,000
a year." This received the unanimous
vote of the convention.
Affiliation Of the teachers with or
ganized labor is the only means Of
escape from the domination of spe-
cial interests, and of connecting them
with the one group which is fighting
for real democracy, declared DR.:
Harry E. Overstreet of the college of
the city Of New York. This stand
was taken during a luncheon in the
Hotel McAlpin under the auspices Of
the Public Education Assn, in which
the subject Of organization of the
teachers was discussed pro and con.
"The traditional unwillingness of
teachers to align themselves with
so-called partisan labor has actually
delivered them into the hands of par
hsan interests" said DR.. Overstreet.
LIE LIS scm!o;s at ana T.. t.e r. c.ekes ate aot
pn.s pSDnae * sR'.,ss1 III III ssmse o. pElng
a aooxs e. a. 81 e,s<u a.4;sn1 saeeec1n.ss: h % ansy
a.o =. 1e!sa ..y ...n pas.l kus ysk 9Hvei, ,
su III lalkE 'I<s9te ta Hy t!le toe H'ea!s a1o
1nsS;ests pnS;es s'..ana:a1 =. s onat stasoS qoo;
s nsas.s.es sYea plgStess.vS s ;:!s9c s3c'a sl.o
tSus1 *:s1s elonn ~ saousns, las nStle oRR9!
su.!y % e1RIeos user. Vur Ru0ac
splrite1 tes atS compe1ieo 70
tsacm ~ % ooce11nes w!acn ale 1eaity' IN
t'le l4teteee Oh very sPec1al class:
Animation with. labor connects
teachers with one group that is con-
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FARMERS NOMINATE TICKET
Citizens Of Proposed New County
Meet and Put Ticket in the
Field.

The Nonpartisan farmers of
the proposed new Daniels County
met at the Masonic Hall, in SEQ
hey yesterday, Thursday, and
placed a full ticket in nomination.
The convention was held pur-
suant to call published a few
weeks ago, and it passed off very
quickly and halmoniously.
The coIlpcte repo. Of the con-
vention and the ticket ill appear
in this paper next week.
X \ 4 X X 4 X X X
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Marriage Licenses

Arthur R. Trace, Bowbells,, N. D.,
age % years, and Nellie A. Lund,
Dagmar, Mont, 20 years.
Andrew Anderson, Froid, Mont, age
81 years, and Nellie Muessman, Froid,
Mont, age IS years.
The following marriage licenses
were issued from Clerk of Court
Chapman's Office the past week:
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FOURTH-CLASS POST
MASTER EXAMINATION

|. The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced. an exapni.
nation to w held a. sPl9utyv0odt :
Mont. on March 81, 1920, as a result
Of wi l4ch. W35' 'expected to make Ger
tifcatmg4 &I1ll contemplated va
cancy IL thAposition. Of fourt7,-class
postmaster at~D Dooley, Mont; aid 9TH
er vacaAme9 as theEh4y:qccur 4t@-that
Office, un1ess it sha1l sb& decided Id the
intereAty Of the service TO fill any va
cancy BY Reinstatement. The: COM:
pensati4p. of the postmaster at this
Office fwA$, 1914. for the last fiscal
year. l. XIX, :...-.. .-: :.
Applicants mustahave reached their,
twenty hrst birthday on the date off
the examination, with the exception:
that in q state where wqnaen areFde-
clared Shv statute to be; at: full ;Qke,
for all .purposes at eighteen years,
women eighteen years of age on thil,,
date cfft&e examination. will be adj
a Applicants must reside within tae
territory supplied by the post GtRee !
for which the Examination is anuaie-s /
ed. :!,..i b.. -: ~. |,
The exa1hination is open to all dti-
zens Of THE United States who can
comply with the requirements. .i.:,.. :,
Application blanks, Form 175S, and /
full infopn1a44ii0n concerning the re-
quirements of the examination can be
secured from the postmaster at. the :
place 6f4Vacancy or from the United
States FyCNil, y Service Commission,
Washington, p. C.
Applications should be properly exc
cuted and filed with the Commission
at Washingt0n, D. c., at the earliest
practical date
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EttTHERAN SERVICES

Divine sarvces at the Norwegian
Lutheran, church of Outlook will be
conducted Sunday, March 18th, be-
ginning Ati1l a. m.
Services 9At,,the Henry Breie resi-
#sIEE0 HEILMAN, Pastor.
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Major Issues Illegal
Warrant on County

Lockwood & Blaeslee lntmidate Clerk & Recorder Into
Signing Illegal Warrants for Nearly Ten Thousand DOL
lars In Payment of Classification Graft Cla-Opinion
of County Attorney Ignored and Recent Decision of
Judge Conner Spmned.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-03-10

the British Government an esti-
mated annual profit of more
than SIS, 900, 900.
Apparatus that messages wom-
ems threats with sprays of wa
ter to improve their contour has
been invented.
Camels are fit for work at five
years old; although they usually
live forty years, their strength
begins to decline at twenty-five.
Napoleon's handwriting was
SO illegible that his letters from
Germany to Josephine were at
first taken for rough maps of
the seat of war.
Orange blossoms were adopted
for bridal wreaths because the
orange branch bears fruit and
flowers at the same time--sign
of plenty.
Of the forty Sultans who have
ruled the Ottoman Empire since
the conquest of Constantinople
by the Turks, thirty-four have
died violent deaths.
In many parts of England it
is a belief among the women
that rosemary worn about the
body strengthens the memory
and adds to the success of the
wearer in anything she may IN
dertake.
In Canada women are eligible
both for the Federal Parliament
and the Provincial Legislatures.
No woman has yet been elected
to the Dominion Parliament, but
several have been chosen tc
seats in the lawn aklng bodies
of the different Provinces.
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U. S. INCOME TAX
EXEMPTS NOBODY
Every Person Who Had Income
in 1919 Must Determine
Own Liability.
MARCH Is LAST FILING DATE.
SuTest Way Is to Follow Form 1040A.
Free Advice in Doubtful Cases.
Severe Penalties in
Law.

Nobody is exempt from Income Tax.
An obligation is laid directly on the
shoulders of each citizen and resident
to consider his own case and to get his
return in on time if one is due.
With each return showing a tax due
a payment must accompany the return
in the full amount of the tax or at
least one-quarter of the tax.
All returns for 1919 must be filed on
or before March 10.
Must. Show True Figures.
In figuring up his earnings for in
come tax purposes a person must take
into consideration all items of taxable
income, and each item itself must be
accurate in amount Guesses and es-
Inmates must be avoided, for the re-
turn is made under oath.
Everybody who had an income dur
ing 1919 must now determine whether
his or her net income Zas Enfacianf IN
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amount to require an Income Ia Hes
turn. The best way to find out IS %
get a Form 1O4OA and follow tie In
structiOns printed on it. That fOrm
will serve as a reminder of every item
of income; and if a return is de, ft
tells how to prepare and file it.
One of the important points to keep
IN mind is that a persons net inCnme
is found by a computation prescribed
In the law, and that each item CT in
come from every source must be con-
sidered, unless specifically exempted.
Another thing to remember is that
the personal exemption allowed tax
payers by law has no relation whaj ever
to the requirement to file return. This
exemption is not to be considered until
a person has figured out his nCI in
come and determined whether il was
sufficient to require him to file q re-
turn. Then, if a return must be lied,
he should read carefully the ins, rue
tons for claiming exemption, and CJns
plete his return.
If in doubt on any point as to income
or deductions, a person may secure
free advice and aid from the nearest
Internal Revenue Office. Many banks
and trust companies are also furnish
ing similar service during banking
hours.
Heavy Penalties in Law.
For failing to make a return On time
the penalty is a fine Of not more than
1000 and an addition of % per cent
to the tax, if any. For making d false
or fraudulent return the penalty is q
fine of not more than $4,000 or inn
prisOnment not exceeding one year, or
both; and, in addition, so per cent OF
! the tax. There are other penalties fer
failing to pay tax when due AMI for
understatement of the tax through
negligence.
Many Sources of income.
! Aside from what one may earn by
his services, there are many other
| sources Of income. II he SOLD any
property during 1919 he must fguge
| out the gain realized II he rented
| buildings, land, apartments or rooms
such rents must be considered iaxR-
able, and he may claim deductions fof
necessary expenses incidental to TentE
Bank interest is a common sourc5
| of income and is taxable whether with
drawn or not. Any amount Of interest
credited to a depositOr is income to
! the depositor.
| Interest on mortgages and notes Is
taxable; also bond interest received
] from corpOratfonS.
A taxpayer who cashed his insure
ance during 1919 must report as In
come any excess received over the to-
| tai Of premiums paid.
Members of partnerships or personal
service corporations or benefciaries %
an estate or trust must report thetf
| shares of income distributable to them
whether or not actually withdrawn
Dividends of domestic corporations
must be reported. M7ny other I0rfns
of income are taxable, unless specifies
| ally exempted.
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Plant LOcusls in Your GuIIies.

l don't know how many acres
of locust trees there are in Ten
nessee, but there ought to be
ten times as many. Fence posts,
telephone posts, cross-tie timber
are all getting scarce. The nan
who plants locust trees on his
thin, or washed, or rough lands
is getting an unshakable grip on
the future. Ny friend Maddox,
who goes about showing Tennes-
see farmers how to reclaim their
quilted lands by growing locusts
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on them, is doing a great work
for the state of Tennessee.
There are some thousands Of
poor land owners in the state
who should call on him for help
in starting locust groves this
winter, or go ahead and do it
themselves, for it is not a hard
thing to do at all.-Southern
Agriculturist.
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Interesting Facts.

Mexico has had fifty-nine rev.
olutions within sixty.one years.
In China the doctor is paid
monthly so long as one keeps
we'll and the pay is stopped
when one is i'll.
When water boils in a kettle
invented in Japan the bubbles
hit metallic bars and produce
musical sounds.
Import duties on butter yield
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For Sale.

Stock of general merchandise tore
building, and 7-room residence. and
three acres of land. Doing fine bush
ness, located on good pike, close to
church and school, and best section o.
the county. # interested inquire q
the Editor. 1s@
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At Rest.

"A uSSSoRG 4IOLu OnuDCIAy
Friday afternoon of last week,
told the sad story that the pure
soul of Miss Oracle Bennett,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Bennett, had left this tenement
of clay and gone to that realm
prepared for gentle spirits like
her own. We all sat down and
wept because one so young, so
pure and so full of promise had
gone at the call of the righteous
Judge, to receive the reward
prepared for the pure in heart at
the foundation of the World.
But she was so gentle, so kind
and true that our human nature
murmured, and complained at
our sad loss rather than rejoice
over the glory of her eternal
home.
Oracle was born May "a, 1899,
died Feb. 20, 1920, making her
20 years, 8 months and 20 DAYS
old. She had that dreaded dis
ease, Tuberculosis. All was
done that loving hands could do
to relieve her suffering. She
would often say that she was
only waiting for the Masters call
A short time before the end
came, she called her family and
friends to her bedside asking
them all to meet her in Heaven.
She told how her mother, broth
er, sisters that had gone on be-
fore, how they welcomed her in
at Heavens door. She clapped
her hands and rejoiced to the
very last saying, ''she saw a
fountain of water and soon she
would take a drink from it..
How we wish that every one
could have seen the smiles on
her face? She left as bright ev-
idence of just sweeping through
the gates as we ever heard.
Her mission in life, though
short, was one of devotion. 1t
calls to mind how uncertain life
is, though bright and accom-
plished the future may be, yet
death is ever at our door. The
old must die, but the young, too,
are often subjected to the sting
of death. To the heart-broken
friends and loved ones, we
would say, weep not for Oracle,
but commend your sorrow to
Him, who doeth all things well,
and say thy will be done. The
body was laid to rest Sunday
afternoon at the family grave
yard to await the resurrection
morn.
"Sleep on dear Oracle and take
thy rest,
Lay down thy head upon the
Savior's breast,
We loved thee well,
But Jesus loved the best"
A Friend,
Minnie Bailey.
/: 81
~S0l Honey RNeWN
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Sold by the Jefries Hardware Stow.
81 of every 1000 Kentuckians
who served in the war were
either killed in battle or died
from their wounds. The total
casualties of this character for
the state was S55.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-25
FARGO RABBIT GAME
IS TO Be PR0BED

The Fargo and Moorhead rabbit
game" as it has become known, will
be investigated by the Minnesota
"blue sky" commission, w. E. G. Wat
son, Of the Minnesota commission, be-
hing assigned to the task.
Of the venture, The Minneapolis
Journal says: 80.
"Boy, page Andy Gu1np! Here's a
new business venture, the prospectus
of which listens better than Rocky
mountain canaries or carp caviar.
"The latest offering, fur compa-
ny halls from Fargo, N. D. The COM
pany has issued the prospectus. Much
space in it, is devoted to explaining
the plans and hopes of another con-
Germ, a service corporation, the Office
address Of which is given as on Wall
street, New York.
"The prospectus of the fur compa-
ny, and the outline of the operating
plans of the service corporation, reach
ed Minnesota yesterday.
Unlimited wealth, maturing quick
~, is the spectacle depicted for ev-
cry individual who invests $40 in the
fur company. Summarized, this Or
ganization plans a rabbit raising
farm on which the original $40. dou-
bles every time the doe rabbit pur-
chased with the money, or any of her
progeny, bring forth families.
Incidentally, it is probably only
Ellis Parker Buffers famed guinea
pigs can Guido rabbit at the game
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.
farming as one Of the first pioneers
OF Nelson county, North Dakota.
With the idea that his children
might have the advantages of an edu-
cation, he came to Valley City in 1910,
making his home on the hill south Of
the city until last fall when his fail
ing health required more complete
rest. ~, Is
! Though medical assistance was rem
dered, it proved unavailing, and he
answered the summons Of his Maker
on Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
The deceased is survived by wife
and four children-Selma, Alexander,
Oliver and Agnes. Brief funeral SER
vices will be held on Thursday at $50
o'clock in Solndahl's chapel, after
which the earthly remains will be tax
en- to his old home at Aneta, N. D., for
interment.
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Of reproduction.

Of reproduction.
The company and the share-buyer
are to share 5000" from the pro-
ceeds Of the original rabbit. Pro-
ceeds are to be reaped from the sale
of portion Of each new rabbit fam
lily for meat and its hides for fur.
"But-the rabbit scheme is only a
minor matter in the general plan of
Ehe service corporation.
"The latter is presented in the
prospectus as nonprotit, general
industrial corporation pursuing uni
versal human efficiency.
|. ut is to be capitalized for $115 ,0OO-
600 ,000-the why of the odd Is billion
bucks isn't explained.
ut is to cultivate 700, 600, 900 acres
of land on which will be maintained
$50 ,O00, 900 head of livestock. like
number Of swine and 5000 ,000, 900
hens.
''The organization will employ TO-
DOC, 900 men at $3.50 an hour, or $22,-
500 a year each, and within 20 years is
to control the wealth of the world. Its
products are to reach 1900, 100000
consumers.
"A paltrx $25, ooo, ooo, 900 is all that
is required as an initial fund to es-
tablish going concern along the lines
indicated, according to the prospectus.
"The prospectus was received yes
'terday by the Minnesota Securities
commission from County Attorney
Garfield H. Rustad of Moorhead, who
accompanied it with the notation that
numerous investors in both schemes
were appearing in that vicinity.
wv. E. G Watson, special agent of
the commission, was assigned the du-
ty Of checking up the new organiza-
lions under Minnesota's blue sky in
yestment laWs;=Forum
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power now lodged in the hands of
the governor.
"Independent and impartial audit
of state industries.
"Such assistance to the returned
service men by bonus and otherwise
as will express to them the gratitude
Of grateful state.
Estate assistance to cooperative
enterprises.
Farmer representation on all
boards.
"Protection of the farmer and his
property from the l. W. w.
"Protection of the people from the
profiteer.
"Whole time health officer residing
at the capitol.
Return of powers to the state su-
perintendent of public instruction.
Impartial enforcement of law.
Lower taxes.
Freedom Of speech.
''The government Of North Dakota
by North Dakotans."
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sided only for short time, they then
moved to Duluth, Mimi, the city then
was only~an Indian village, and pio-
neered there until 1879 when they
came to North Dakota, then a terri
tory, first settling on the land north
east of Valley City now owned by the
Northwest Nursery Co. In 1881 they
moved 10 Hobart township where she
resided until her death. III.
She was endowed with genial and
generous nature and disposition, tho
quiet and retiring in manner. Her
daily life was exemplified in the deep
christian character she possessed. She
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OBITUARY

Another pioneer of Barnes county
has passed beyond, this one being
Mrs. Ingrid Wedin, the widow Of the
late Andrew Wedin of Hobart town.
ship. On Thursday evening she was
stricken by a stroke of apolexy and
peacefully passed away Friday eve
ming, March 18th.
She was born in Mislanda, Sweden,
Feb. II, 1886. In the year Of 1861 she
was married to Andrew Wedin and
with her husband emigrated to the
United States in October, 1869 and
settled in Vasa, Mimi, where they re-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-25

Young Herd
7. J. Sebby, Fingal.
Bull 3 years old and over
T. P. Williams, Fairmont, LIST.
John Burkhart, Omemee, End.
Bull 2 years old and under g.
7. J. Sebby, Fingal, LIST. .>
John Burkhart, Omemee, End.
Yearling Bull <-.. Il,
T. J. Sebby, Fingal, LIST.
T. P. Williams, Fairmont, End.
Champion BULL
T. j. Sebby, Fingal.
Duroc Jersey Pig
Carl Maulby, Sykeston, LIST.
Carl Mau1by, Sykeston, End.
w. w. Brewer, Oriska, 3rd.
Springdale Livestock Co., 4th.
F. c. Rector, Lisbon, 5th.
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OBITUARY

Samuel S. Aas passed away Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at his home, POI
Sixth avenue. Death came after a
prolonged illness of two years.
The deceased was born in Norway
65 years ago, immigration to the
United States in 1871, coming to Min
nesota after which in 1882, he began
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-25

Manager Mcneil, Of the Carpenter
Company, went up to James
town on No. 3 this morning to look
after some business for the company
in the Stutsman county capital.
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WEEKLY WANTS

DIR. F. l.. WICKS. OCULIST
Special attention given to the fit
ting of glasses. Wicks Block. Phone
No. 493.
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FOR S!ALE-Some first-class hay in
the stack, $12 per ton, six miles
N. E. of Valley City, Robert kranz,
owner. l8-6td-3w
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Don't Be Discoura AGED!

1t isn't necessary to buy new pair
of shoes. Your old ones can be re-
built and give you much service still.
Comfortable old SHOES are like your
old friends. You want to keep them
as long as possible. Come in and let
is show you how we make "NeW
Shoes from Old Ones"
SWANSON'S SHOE SHOP
The Goodyear Shoe Repairer
American Exchange Bank Building
Valley City. N. D.
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FOR SALE - German Miliet Seed
81 so a bushel, So per hundred. H.
II. Tooley. 1016dw
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FOR SALE-Duroc gifts. King the
COL, breeding. Bred to my Path
finder boar for late March and April
farrow. Weight over 200 pounds.
Price $50 each. Grated at Oriska. W.
w. Brewer. l6-6twp