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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-03
SOFT COAL CASE
I. BEFORE COURT
Criminal Partnership Be
tween Miners, Operators
and Retailers Charged.

Indianapolis. Ind. May "a Grim
inal partnership between soft coal
operators, miners and retailers has
existed for many years. according to
the charge of the government in its
ANTITRUST prosecution which began in
the federal court here today.
The indictment Is directed at 226
persons and corporations and is in
five counts. each charging violation Of
the Sherman antitrust law.
Among the individual defendants
are John l.. Lewis, president Of the
United Mine Workers of America; D.
B. Wentz, president Of h National
Coal association, many others OF both
organizations and some of the most
prominent operators in the country.
The miners officials under indict-
ment number 80. the operators. re-
corporate defendants, 90. The de-
PENDANTS reside In six states-Mis-
souri,. Illinois. Indiana, Kentucky.
Ohio and Pennsylvania. Taken a a
whole. tho indictments charge: First,
rostraint Of trade; second. restraint Of
commerce.; third. restraint, OF trade
and commerce.; fourth. conspiracy to
monopolize. and fifth. monopolization.
Contains 5000 Words.
The Indictment Is estimated to on
tain $4,000 words. M paragraph of
which says: That at various joint
conferences, miners and operators
agreed and arranged that they were
partners in the mining, production
and distribution of bituminous coal in
tho several states. and that they
should and would aid and assist each
other In their plans and efforts 20 in
crease wages. increase prices. create
shortages and limit production and
distribution; that bituminous coal
should not be sold at any time for a
price that did not at the time yield
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-03
ElKS TO HELP
WAR. VETERANS
TAKE VACATION

Minneapolis, MIMI, May a.--More
than $500 disabled war veterans q
Minnesota will be eligible to spend 2
vacation at a summer camp, to oe
nnanced BY the local Elks ! ana
matntafned in collaboration WIN sme
FEDERAL Board for Vocational Re-eou-
cation. ~,
movement for a camp, where former
wounded service men. may enjoy .
period OF outdoor recreation, the Eiks
here agreed to finance the PROPOSE
ton. According to Judge rank r.
Reed. exalted ruler of the Elks, an
experienced camp director will be Sc.
lccted to take charge of the project
and work out plans for it.
Disabled service men who are tax
ing training under the direction OF
the federal board will be allowed two
weeks vacation, on government pay
to spend at the camp, NJ. 7. Northey'
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-03

BAND WILL PLAY.
Van Hook, May 3.-The Van Hook
band will be the feature Of Memorial
day exercises in Van Hook.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-03
Humans Like Jazz
But Animals Don't

New York, May Humans may
like Jazz, but animals don't.
This was the conclusion reached by
a group ut scientists who recently as
seInbied in the Central Park 700 to see
what a sa1ophone and traps would do
TO the emotions of monkeys, lions,
leoLArds, elephants and other Jungle
beasts.
A quintet of musicians guaranteed
to rag anything from Wagner down
was mas1sed IN front Of the monkey
cages for the first laboratory test to
determine whether the line music
hath charms to sOothe the savage
breast" a after AL only poetic Ii
censc.
According to a corps OF unscientific
reporters who j~ourneyed to the 200
with scientists from Columbia univer-
eity, American Museum Of Natural
History and New York Geological
Park, the monkeys registered emotion
all right-but of a savage kind.
Then the latest jazz was banged into
the ears OF lions and their mates. All
hoped to their feet, with fur brSst-
ling. Il
AS for Mrs. Murphy, hippopotamus,
h merely wrecked the experime nt
{ by diving into her tank and shutting
out the racket. Tho elephants seemed
to tremble with rage.
Only one beast was found that ap-
parently was able TO endure, IL not
enjoy, jazz. That was Bagheeta, the
leopardess. But when a hymn was
played, she started a six-day race
around her cage. splitting sparks. The
scientists, however. put q question
mark after Bagheeta's test, for at
tention was called to the fact that, at
the moment, a keeper whom she
chose to relish only as a potential
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-03

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-03

a profit to the operators: that what
increase Sof wage OF miners
should he agreed upon. should be adj
ded to the price of coal; tina; compe-
tition among operators should be
eliminated by organization among
operators and such other methods and
e. as would be effective there
for: that the means of in<
cresaing the cost of production and
the price.of coal was by closing down
and keeping idle the coal mines"
The indictment also attacks the IA
nous .~'check-ofr' system of paying
union dues of miners by which the
virtually act as a collecting
agency Of the union by withholding
part OF the miners wages and paying
this to the union.
.Shortage Manufactured" "
The 1920 coal shortage, according
to the Indictment was manufactured
by the operators "as a part OF the
general plan OF conspiracy"
BY refusing to contract for future
deliveries except for a price which
would be the ruling price at h time
OF delivery" the operators are charged
with having erected a spot parket
last year, their alleged plan being ito
create a scarcity Of available coal and
cause q high and excessive price,"
The operators are. charged with OBJ
tanning priority coal shipment orders
from the interstate commerce on
mission. which diverted twenty mil.
lion tons of coal from the normal
market places. mainly by shipments
of West Virginia, Tennessee and Ken
lucky coal to New England n the
This diversion, in part. Is
to have Affected contract de-
caused. immediate purchases
at higher prices, and drove consumers
into distant markets and so disturbed
that local shortages were
and industries forced to sus-
pend work.
In respect 10 the 1920 coal situation
the Indictment charges that there
was no shortage OF available coal in
the United States during that time
Various other acts ars charged By
the long indictment as = par Gr me
conspiracy, including atEea-Eo1 q
fixed territorial limits fo- an eps--
acors' sales. the p-olo-Eoa s. E-Is=s.
the private agreements 90 e~Eer1agrs
10 maintain --.-o-- sa1ss e----aEES.
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-03
EDITION:

neraonal service officer. announced
Ha said that throughout the etate
mere are approximately $500 former
soldiers with disabilities tracea6is nt 10
the wa al Y q 9he sn prepo M.sd camp n,,0'''
Final arrangements and the seleo
ton ~ q state remain to be mad
Tentative plans, however. call for tn
admittance Of any soldier with die
abilities traceable 50 The ~ y Vhs
Manned to obtain reduced railroad
rates and the net charge to the dis.
ahied veterans will be for their meal
tnnly. Mr.. Northeyl said.
lake Independence, in HennepiI
county about 81 miles from here L
being considered as the site for tn.
camp. II is expected the project win
he started between June 1 and JUNE
tx. with accommodations for about
15o men every two weeks.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-03
SOUTH DAKOTA
IN GRIP OF
OIL CRAZE
OF Wild Cat ~ELs
Beng Drilled IN W@@u
Part OF State

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be called IS raging 11nsE #T@eg
within q radius 81 50 -affss % 1als
the capital city vlsrs speculation
has been rife scr nary gez-x eeez-s~
of certain formations. e -G ..ssasr
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-03
Decision On Spring
Wheat Grades Will
Be Made This Month

Washington May s.-Secretay
Wallace announced today that a deci-
.on on the application Of producers
Il A.nnss0a- North Dakota and
South Dakota for a modification Of
tas sp-ng wheat grades would be
sT-sa on May Is. a reques. from
lIters Of Minneapolis and other
prints that further hearings be held
has been refused, Mr.. Wallace hold
ing that the department has suffi-
cEent Information On which to ac.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-03

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-03

rnm ru. -,1- President Hrding had
rz,H 7,EsssioA s.zasaoa in mind when
liz lersuI[seS l--s. Hughes to accept
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The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-06
TLoca Who Have Failed to Take This Precaution Have Often Fallen Victims to Rogues Who Sell Arid Land Sight Unseen

MEXICO CITY, Mex. Dec. 6. - Americans who wish to invest in land in Mexico are now the game stalked bv innumerable swindlers, according to a real estate man here. He says that Americans should be warned that it would be folly to buy land here without having seen it. Before com pletlng purchase and paying out money. he says, the American investor should examine the tracts carefully and make inquiry regarding title.
 Pereons who have disregarded this precaution have in many cases fallen victims to rogues.
 Sharpers are well aware of the great interest manifested in the United States in the possibility of profitable investment in land here. In addition to tho thousands of Americans who are thinking of coming here after recognition. there are other thousands who ar. convinced that the value of Mexican lands must advance from the present low levels and that this offers opportunity to invest savings in way th'' vouDd bring substantial returns within few years.
 Promoters who formerly formed wildcat oil companies, gold and silver mining companies and similar stock selling enterprises have now turned their attention to land. They or their agents are offering farms in Mexico" m many parts of the United States on beguiling terms.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-06
lRRIGATlo DIFFICULT

Away from the streams, which usu- ally are mere threads of water when compared with the majestic streams of the United States. irrigation is far off. Sometimes the rolling nature of the land makes irrigation impossible, even though water were near. Sometimes the land. although apparently pre- pared by nature to make irrigation easy, is too far from water to make ir- rigation anything more than a distant prospect - in ages to come, when swindler and victim have passed away and Mexico has it's expected popula- tion of 2OO0OO.OOO.
 The roguish promoter who comes to Mexico, or is a product of the soil usu- ally lacks money with which to ac- quire really desirable tracts, or if he has money. intends to keep it and add to his fortune by disposisS of land at a good price which would no. oven be au acceptable present.
 RAINS WORK CHANGES
 After the rains in Mexico, which come in the summer and !ln months, even the bleak mountainsidoa become green with ycrdure, and this condition continues for some time in sections which at other periods of the year are dry and unattractive. Persons coming to Mexico after the rains could be de ceived easily as to conditions. espe- ciaily if they are not experienced farmers.
 These tracts which grow green after the rains are endless. Persons touring Mexico in automobiles pass through such land for days, seeing only occa- sional haciendas or farm houses where there are springs or wells or dams holding in storage the water flowing from the hills after rains.
 These immense tracts are suitable for cattle raising, but person buying land that has not been improved would find it necessary to go to considerable expense in providing water for cattle. This can be done by building dams to hold rain water, but the buyer must
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-06
NOTICE

The common council of the town of Curdoya will meet as board oI equalization ou Monday night. De cember ,, 1921, at the hour of S o'clock, and will continue in session until the house of 9 o'clock of said day, and will continue in session un- til the Monday next following be until the hour of o'clock of said of each day, during which time any and all persons having any objec- ton or corrections to offer as to the amount or manner of assess ment are notified to be present.
 (Signed) K. c. ROBINSON,
 Town Clerk
 Dated this 2Sth day of November, 1921. The assessment roll is now open and will be kept open for inspection every day until December 5, 1921, when the Board of Equalization con- venes at the Clerks office in the Blum Building on Second Street
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The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-06
MUCH ARID LAND

Land such as these promoters want is as easy to get as mining claims where there is no mineral, or oil leases where there is no oil. Mexico is a land of wide expanse. Big as Texas is. Mexico is larger. Wide as the arid tracts in Texas are the arid tracts in Mexico are wider
 Some of these arid tracts may be put under water in years to come, but the development of a supply of water for irrigation would call for the expen- diture of great sums of money. Per sons who make purchases in such tracts may wait long time before thev could sell their land for even enough to get back their original in ycstments. or be forced to spend addi- tionaI money to save their investments from total loss.
 Land along the rivers of Mexico which are few in number when the size of the country is considered is not easily parted with by the owners. They want cash and do not readily consider the promoters usual terms, for they know that their land is To- cated where irrigation is possible, if dams and ditChes have not been built
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-06
CONDITIONS IN MEXICO

Conditions in Mexico are not as they were in the United States when Uncle Sam gave away 160-acre homestead to anyone who would put a blow into the ground The good land which is of fered to foreigners is to be sold and the men who are doing the selling know clearly the present value of the land and its probable future value
 Any bargain that is offered calls for close scrutiny. for there are few bar gain sales in Mexico. The price of land is lower than in the United States because markets are fewer, transportation undeveloped and gen eral conditions not so much to the ad- vantage of the farmer as on the other side of the border If conditions were the same in Mexico as in the United States land would be just as high.
 Another indication that there are no great eXpanses of vacant, ownerless, ulIablc land in Mexico, such as there were in the United States when farms were given away or sold for almost nothing is the fact that the Mexican government, in it's efforts to give farms to the landless poor, is compelled to take possession of large estates and divide them among the needy, finding no other way.
 The American coming here must either buy improved land, which is held nearly always at the highest price that existing conditions permit, or take unimproved land at a lower price The improved land is usually convenient to the railroads. giving the farmer access to the markets that exist The unimproved land is re- mote from the railroads, and the farm CT must devise means of getting his products to the points at which trans portation is offered. while waiting for the building of more railroads.
 In either case the man who comes to Mexico must have capital and caution.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-06
American Ancestors Warned
 70 Examine Mex Land Titles

be certain that his land contains a suitable location for q dam. Buyers uI small tracts who do not take the trouble to examiue the property be. fore purchased 1t might not lind 1t pos sible even to store water in .his way
 MUST STORE WATER
 Farming operations would call for the storage of water on large scale. This would necnssitate the employing of engineers to study the land and de wise ways of storing the water in such a way that 1t couli be used for irri. gation. The average man could not jump in and bull jam which would hold enough water to supply the needs of farm.
 It is not hard for promoter tO get hold of 50,O0O or 100000 acres of land which, under present conditions, is an elephant on the hands of the owner. And land of that sort is the kind that is being offered for sale in the United States in many cases. This has result ed in many complaints.
 There is good land in every state in Mexico. with natural locations for irri- gation dams which would supply large tracts. Some such dams have been completed, others have been started, and still others are under considera. tion One of the largest dams in the world, built for the purpose of storing water for irrigation, is in Mexico It is in the state of Chihuahua But the surrounding land is not being given away for a song. Instead alert men, with an eye to making money, are studying the possibility of getting some of the water from the dam for the irrigation of land forty or fifty miles away. Even this distant land is not being given away
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-06

Another shipment of Kuppenheim. CT Clothes received on the last boat. Don't forget to see these new patterns The Blum. O'Ncin Co
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-06
TRAPPERS ATTENTION

Highest cash prices paid for raw furs.
 FINEELSTEIN & SATIRO. Inc.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-06

IT you change your address, do not notify the carrier boy-Teport your new address to the office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
Panther Gridders Are RewGrded for
 Splendid Seruice
By JOHN E. HOLMES

As reward for the splendid ser ice that the football men rendered for Birmingham Southern during the sea son just past, the most deserving CT es were presented with gold footballs and the customary sweaters. Eign.een men were selected by Coach Chaelie Brown to be recipients, and they ell proudly donned their sweaters and dis played their footballs for the first time Monday morning.
 On the sweater is the usual letter "B," but something new is offered in that the number of years service On the team is denoted by stripes on the sleeve,
 Slim" Neese takes away the honors. for four gold stripes on his sleeve sig nifty that he has been a player os four years standing with the Panther 
 The footballs bear the name of the player and raised ''B." together with Glass B Champions-Season 1920.'
 It is expected that the Panthers will have all the men of the season past back with them in 1921, except two men, Neese and Baty, who graduate, and one man,N Brinskelle, whos is knocked out by the entrance of Bir- Southern into the $. T. A. A. With sCaptain-elect Clyde Propst to lead them, the Panthers are expec .ins a great year in gridiron circles during the coming season of 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
OLD COTTON STATES
 BASEBALL LEAGUE
 IS REORGANIzED

Meridian, Miss, January 12.-(Special.) The old Cotton States League Baseball association was temporarily reorganized here this afternoon, with the election of J. G. Daly as president and w. A. Ander- ton, secretary, both of the local asso- ciation. The reorganization meeting was attended by C. J. Bell, representing Greenwood; Grover c. Baldwin repre- senting Pensacola, and R. F.. Harland, representing Jackson. A telegram was read from Montgomery stating that James Weis, representing that city, would be present, but he failed to arrive Vicksburg wired that following the an- nual meeting of the chamber of con- merce, January 25, the question of Vicks- burg entering the league would be taken up. The other towns practically certain to enter the league are Clarksdale, Sel- ma and probably Greenvlle and Gulf port < The meeting this afternoon was full of enthusiasm.
 Temporary organization was effected by Cliff Williams. while a number of leading business men entered into dis cussion, General Secretary c. w Hay ward of the board of trade, stating that that organization was behind the prop osition for organized ball for all that 1t is worth. Following the meeting this afternoon a banquet in honor of the visit ing baseball men was given at a local cafe tonight when all phases of organ ized baseball as an asset to the city were discussed at length. Another meeting will be called by President Daily for about the end of the present month, when it is expected that the association will go into permanent organization, with all the details of the league worked n1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
WITHTHE SCRIBES
 OF OTHER CITIES
STILL LAUGHING AT
 CAMPS SELECTIONS

Jimmy DeHart, former Pitt star who coached the University of Georgia last season, was telling Tom Davies how sorry he was that Tom did not get a first place On the all-American team which Walter Camp picks. DeHart, hke everyone else, disagreed with Camp At the recent meeting of the southern coi- leges, Coach Alxander of Georgia Tech and l were discussing Camps team. said DeHart. Alexander laughed when lie said that Camp had selected Bl, Fincher. Techs end, because he was adept at receiving forward passes. The truth is, Alexander said, Fincher did not catch forward pass during his four years of college football, because he has only one eye, and no passes were hurled at him. Yet Camp said he was star in that particular part of the game
 DeI1art will this week sign a two or three-year contract with Georgia to con- tinue as football coach. Jimmy held off for some time. as there was a chance of his going to West Virginia, but the Mountaineers evidently dod not want to consider Pitt product, which is req sonable.
 DeHart would have had his Georgia team play Pitt next fall had the au- thorities of the southern institution sane tioned second trip to the north, as they already have a game booked with flar- ward at Cambridge Pittsburg Leader.