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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
Congressman schan of Minnesot

Congressman Schall OF Minnesota,
wants to substitute thru congressional
enactment a new time calendar for the
one now in force. He emphasizes the
fact that in the present calendar the
months are of uneven length, the
weeks do not fit the months, days of
the week fall on various days of the
month, and the time between two GER
tain dates requires careful figuring to
ascertain. Mr.. Schall says that this
country did business under a differ
ent calendar for 100 years, the change
from the Julian to the present form
taking place when George Washington
was 20 years old. The reform that
he advocates embraces a year of 10
montlis, each month of rs days, or four
weeks. That accounts for S64 days,
and the extra day in ordinary years
and the extra two days in leap years
are iugeniously taken care of by the
insertion of New Yer day and Leap
Year day, which are to be counted
apart from the months and weeks.
Mr.. Schall has named his new ar
rAngement the Liberty Calendar"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09

The Erie railroad has been sharply
checked in its efforts arbitrarily to re-
duce the wages of it's employees. The
railroad labor board was established
for the express purpose of dealing
with matters of this sort. 1t has jur-
isdiction. whether the demand be for
an increase in wages or a reduction.
The action of the Erie is peculiarly
reprehensible in view of the fact that
the people are being taxed heavily, di-
rectly and Indirectly to enable the
roads to continue the payment of high
wages to their employees. If the Erie
still be losing money, it would better
seek some other way out than that Of
making it's employees bear it's losses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09

There is measure of justification
i'll the contention of labor that wages
should not be reduced while living
costs remain high. On the other hand
one of the biggest items in costs of
living is rent and one which is show
ing no tendency toward a fall. Lower
rents can be brought about only thru
a reduction of building trades wages.
which brings down construction costs
and results in the erection of more
houses. When there are more houses
than tenants rents will decline and not
sooner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
Dinner Stories

The rope that held the seaffolding
had all but parted. One strand saved
the luckless Clancy on the platform
from being dropped to the pavement
many stories below. While the foreman
and his aids were rushing feyerishly
hither and thither seeking a ladder
something. slipped from Claney's hip
pocket and crashed onto the sidewalk.
With a wall he turned up toward the
roof, where his comrades were hang
ing onto the last strand:
Hey, Nike he beloved, get an
axe and cut the ropei"
whats become of the old-fashioned
man who used to get UP IN the night
and drink out of the wrong bottle2"
Ties getting his poison now, but
drinking it out of the right bofe."
drinking 1t out of the right bottle"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
Dorothy Dix TALES
81 DOROTHY DIX
wszl1's Highest Paid Wenaa WrlsR.
Tho Telephone.

Then there is the woman afflicted
with acute telephonitis who uses the
telephone to gossip over because it is
a nice. sloppy, easy way to visit, as it
does not require her to make the eff
fort of dressing up and going out on
the street.
No. in curl papers, and wrappers.
and corsetless, she can flop in an easy
chair by her telephone desk, and call
up first one woman, and then another,
and exchange with them the tid-bits
of scandal that she collects. 1t is
incredible, but true. that there are
women who habitually do this thing.
and who think nothing of monopoliz-
ing a telephone wire for two or three
hours every day in this way, and it
never occurs to them what a selfish
thing they are doing, or how much
they are doing to demoralize a great
public service.
OF course women have a perfect
right to make their engagements over
the phone, and to use it for every
legitimate purpose, but among these
are not social calls. If women would
develop civic consciousness in this
matter, and make their yea, yea, and
their nay, nay, over the phone, it
would do more than any other one
thing to help out bad situation.
And it would save a vast amount of
valuable time, and much wear and
tear on the tempers and dispositions
OF their friends for there is no great r
pest than the female telephone fiend.
Having nothing to do but to kill time
herself, she forgets that the vast ma
Jority of other women do not lead such
useless lives.
They have their Homework to do,
their children to attend to, a million
duties clamoring for instant atten-
ton, and there is nothing else in the
xrr1 Avid fIo- oIyoe
murderous than to have to leave the
baby in its bath, or the bread half
mixed, to answer the telephone and
find on the other end of the wire a
Numbering bore who rambles on, and
on, and on.
Girls could not only help the tele-
phone service, but boost their own
matrimonial chances by taking vow
never to use the phone except when it
is absolutely necessary. Girls think
they make a hit with young men when
they call them up, and have long jolly
ing conversations over the wire.
Never was a greater. mistake made.
A man interrupted in business hours is
as about as amiable as a sore-headed
bear, and no matter how he canou-
flages his feelings, he is, hoping and
praying that the girl at the other end
will choke, or fall dead before his boss
catches him.
Many promising young chap has
been telephoned out of good position
by silly girls, and the nuisance has
become SO great that now in most
business houses the switchboard op-
orator has orders to censor all calls for
employees, and hold the sentimental
ones over until after office hours.
1t is an old charge that women talk
too much. They certainly do over the
telephone. Here's hoping that they
will do their part in assisting the tele-
phone service by emitting about a
million unnecessary words a day.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
THE REVENUE PROBLEM.

President Harding has said that he
probably will call congress together
in extra session in April. One of the
will confront that body will be re-
adjustment of the tax schedules.
A general commodity sales tax Of
fers the best means of experimenting
the couptry's present fiscal system, ac-
cording to DR.. Henry A. E.. Chandler
economist of the National Bank of
Commerce in New York. 1t is esti-
mated that such a tax would yield a
substantial annual revenue and would
system to be corrected, he points out
in the March number of Commerce
Monthly, the banks magazine.
The urgent need for the reform Of
the federal tax system is beyond dis
pute. Doctor handler declares. SCI
rious defects inevitably appeared in a
hurriedly constructed system of war
finance. These defccrs were endur-
able in the period of fever'sh activity
and high profits that soon followed
the close of the war, but with the fall
of prices, the resulting liquidation and
the prospect of a recovery conditioned
upon lower margins of profit, the time
is at hand when the system must be
adjusted more nearly IN conformity
with the facts of our national indus
trial life. S=
In reforming our system the urgent
needs of industry, however important,
are not the sole considerations-th
government must be financed, ana
while the budgetary needs for the next
three years cannot be forecast with
any degree of accuracy. it is evident
that with a large floating debt and
other heavy obligations maturing in
the near future. nothing short of the
sum total of revenues yielded by our
present sources will suffice. : And
while it will doubtless be possible 70
raise additional revenues by adjust
ing the rates of some of the present
taxes and also to remedy certain in
equities in the present system, 1t is
clear that to accomplish the full re-
forms which sound industrial condi-
tons demand and which necessitate
most productive bases, it is necessary
to find new sources of revenue.
Pointing out that sharp distinction
must be made between the various
types of sales tax that are being pro-
posed, Doctor Chandler says:
THE weight of the economic argu-
ments for or against the general COM
modify sales tax depends largely upon
the proportion of the total revenues to
be derived from this source, ana upon
the rate. Theoretically. the general
character of the tax is such as to
throw the larger part of the immedi-
ate burden upon the masses of peo-
pie receivin. the lower incomes If
the tax were to be levied at the rate of
per cent or higher, a not inconsider-
able burden would be immediately
thrown upon the masses who are not
now reached by any of the federal d.
rect taxes"
Such a tax would not be free of
objections, but the cumulative effect
of the tax would be small and in
CAPABILITIES arising where business units
with FREQUENT turnovers might be I'M
able to shift the tax would be mini
mized. 1t is believed that this tax,
notwithstanding difficulties in ad-
ministration and some inequalities.
offers one of the least Objectionable
means of furnishing new revenue from
indirect sources.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09

into idieness because he is possessed
of energies and curiosities which make
idleness uncomfortable to him. On the
other hand. the s, ong character cares
little for luxury and is no more dis
l. --yed by the lack of wealth than he
is defeated by the possession of it. It
is the weakling who lets his money
run away with him if he has any. and
it is the weakling who is eaten up
with envy of the rich il he lacks it,
and spends his time signing for a mil
lion dollars and dreaming of get-rich-
quick schemes.
It's the man, not the money, that
counts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09

Shippers are complaining of high
freight rates. They complained as
loudly when rates were far below
what they are today. They would
complain If rates were but 10 per cent
of those now charged. But the rail-
roads appear to be suffering from
high rates more than are the ship
.pers. They are not obtaining bust
ness. Shippers can pass the freight
charges along to consumers but the
roads have no way out except to re-
duce expenses and this they seem I'M
able to do except by discharging help
and this tends to aggravate the situa-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09

The Socialists are reported 10 be
planning to picket the White House
in an effort to get Debs out of prison.
It-looks as tho Debs soon might have
company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09

The Lehigh Coal company has de-
clared a special dividend OF $50 per
cent on its capital stock OF $4,000, 900.
There should be some way for the fed
eral tax collector to get big slice OF
that melon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09

nestles in the heart as does the nectar
in the rose.
The graceful courtesies are the
call. the little thoughtfu1nesses that
tint the day as do the foam-like clouds
an otherwise uninteresting sky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09

Once more Kansas City has fallen
behind Pittsburgh in total of bank
clearinss for the week. This is be-
coiningsso frequent as to threaten to
develop into a habit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09

lCopyright. 1920. by the wheeler Syndicate.
Inch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09

C. H. f. means we'll, but he opens
up no new trade territory for us. We
have never been able to sell the pro-
a line of stuff, and the
Blue Sunday crowd won't even look at
our samples.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08

settled out Of court. 81. s. Blood of
Maxbass represented the plaintiff
while the defendant was represented
by States Attorney J. J. Weeks, the
Plaintiff getting the deed without any
costs to the county.
The case Of Jennie M. Saville VI.
Geo. E. Saville an action for divorce
was tried and Mrs. Saville received
her divorce On the grounds Of cruelty
and non-support. The plaintiff was
represented by ]. J. Weeks md the
defendant BY w. J. Cooper of West
hope, N. D.
Mr.. Cooper also represented DR.. and
Mrs. J. ]. O'Connor Of Westhope in
an adoption matter IN which they
were granted the adoption Of the three
year old child of Neil Matteson, the
mother being dead. Mr.. Cooper also
represented MI. and Mrs. John Waters
in the matter 81 the adoption Of Sara
Esta Matteson, another child Of the
above named parents. "A decree Of
adoption was granted in both cases.
The next term Of court will be q
jury term and same will be held some
time in November.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08
FORFAR NEWS

=. J. Pepke d Minot was ! Forfar
visitor On Thursday.
Mr.. and Mr1 q. ]. Willis and son Of
Havre, Montana were callers at tho
Sandback homs On Thursday.
Mrs. VIM. Cappelle ana son Wood
row and Miss Pauline Tasky 81 Chi
cago were wsek end visitors At the
+. German home. s8
III. md Nh Nels A. Tossett, MI.
and Mn John sljelstad and children
attended ! sunday School picnic %
Chris : groye a the MOUSE River Sun
day.
Nj. md Mn. Frank German aasd
children were VISITORS at the He1m1n
Koehler home nsar Eeln Sunday. 8
1Gaster STANLEY MeKDan and M
Otto n Helgeson haye b u ~
le Jcrdy hone fo5 T. @ =! @ J Ii
lrs M aild ~ Tsd s'ylss - \ : 1lI =
'yl1leors = @ a = Il "a : - SC &
IS. MI e. - y
III q = - g! b!
M 81 3Ssss
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08

last years work as the credits have
been received from the High School
Examiner, and we notice that some
students have done exceptionally well
during the past year. Some students
made as many as seven and a helf
credits while the lowest is one and
a half credit. The average for the
class Of twenty-five students is four
and half credits per student for the
last year, this is certainly an unusual
record for the class. The failures of
2 per cent is an inconsiderable guam
tity. We congratulate the pupils as
well as the teachers for the splendid
work in the past and cordially invite
the patrons to help the new teachers
in their work and make the next year
still better.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08
CITY SCHOOLS TO
Open SEPTEMBER 10

The city schools Of Bottineau will
open on Monday Sept. 10th. The rea-
son for delaying the opening until this
late date is that many Of the students
who help in the fall work can take ad-
vantage of this and will be able to
tax cup their studies without being
under handicap as in former years.
Realizing the great need Of economy
in conducting the school this year the
Board Of Education has adopted a
program which eliminates much Of the
work given last year. Home Econom-
les, Manual Training and the study
Of French will not be offered.
Johnston e. Walker will be at the
head of the city schools and will act
in the combined capacity Of Superin-
tendent and Principal Of the High
School.
Mrs. M. R. Shuler, Mathematics.
Mr.. Shuler, Science.
Miss Gladys N. Young, English.
Rev. Start, Latin
Miss Alice Hamilton, Junior High
School
Miss Anna Johnson Of Upham, Jun
ior High School.
Mr.. 3. w. Leamer will have charge
Of the Central School with the follow
ing corps Of assistants.
Mrs. Harriet Daniels Of Valley City,
1st grade and Primary Methods.
i Miss Ruth Clasen, End grade.
Miss Margaret Connoboy, 3rd grade.
Miss Minnie Skepstad, 4th grade.
Miss Kathleen Connoboy. 9Th grade.
Miss Lydia Clasen, 9Th grade.
\ It il very essential both to the
individual student that al students
be on hand the first day. We earnestly
ask the patrons Of the school 10 aid
us IA this matter.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08

These men are peddling all these
falsehoods for q purpose, to split up
the League. Who wants to split up
the League? We all know that.
4 The /. v. A. bosses know and OPEN
" admit that the only way in which
they can win in this election is to
split up the League in North Dakota.
That's why they are sending these
wolves in sleeps clothing among the
farmers now. Don't waste any time
with them. Show them the gate and On
election day 60 to the polls, you men
md women, and vote for Frazier,
Lemke and Hagan and most important
Of All, vote NO on the L. V. a. In
Iitiated constitutional amendment and
III the seven initiated ineasues.
6 Remember, united we stand, divided
we falll II we stick we'll win. n we
listen 70 the traitors ven b Wiped
III, the earth. And we would deserve
10 Be, then.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08

The Bottineau Courant's contri-
button to the Dollar Day for Bot
tineau to be held in this city next
Tuesday, Sept. 18th, is ONE
YEARS SUBSCRIPTION FOR
ONE DOLLAR to either old or
new subscribers.
The columns Of The Courant
are this week filled with bargains
offered BY the business houses of
Bottineau, members Of the Busi-
meas builders Club and e an in
dgcenent 70 people to come to
Bsttneaa q that day We win d
onr share and give ! years sub
scIiir - rtisa fer $1.OO . advertised
above. The regular rate i 800
per yeer but On this day, Tues
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08
TRAITORS KEEP UP THEIR WORK

j. w. Brinton, Leon Durocher and
Arthur LeSueur are financing the il
Illustrated lecture tour that Brinton is
planning for North Dakota, according
to statements made by Durocher to
well known Leaguers Of the state.
Durocher is now travelling over North
Dakota calling on leading Leaguers
for the purpose Of inducing them to
join new movement aimed at dis
rupting the Nonpartisan League.
Durocher denies that the trio has
the backing Of the /. ". "A. but he tells
Of talks he has had with 1.-TWO Bit"
Nelson, secretary Of the anti-farmer
organization in which Nelson lis III
legged to have made the statement that
the League officials in Bismarck
fought to be lined up and shot Added
to this the facts that one member of
the l. ". "A. committee Of Az told Ole
Kaldor Of the League state executive
committee that the /. ". "A. has in
spected and approved the slides with
which Britnon is going to illustrate
his lecture, and the the Fargo Forum
is giving much publicity to Brinton's
tour, it should not be difficult for the
average man to guess who ara financ-
ing II. ~ !
According to Brinton's and the
Forums announcement the lecture
and the slides deals with nothing bte
the false charges the /. Y. ANS ~ Al
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08
GET THE BOTT|NEAU COURANT FOR
one YEAR FOR one DOLLAR ON TUESDAY

day, Sept. Is, ONLY, you can get
. years subscription for one dol
lar, but there is still another rule
we have made regarding the
above subscription and that is
you MUST COME TO OUR Of
FICE to get il, mail order sub
scriptions for one dollar will not
be accepted for . years subscrip-
tion.
3 Remember Dollar Day, Tuesday
September 18th, come to Botti-
neau and either subscribe or re-;
new your subscription and then
\ take advantage Of the hundreds
Of bargains Offered BY the Botti-
neau Business Builders, On that
day. Yon Know Bottineau.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08
OATS AVERAGED le
BUSHELS 10 THE ACR8

Mensvil Larson was Ii Bcttfnean
form his farm in the Turtle Mount ains
On Monday and told ! Coux1,k 1elos,
erI that he had received so bnshel q
soats OF ! u acre patch, 8 nexly IN
Ibushels . The care III I
,heat averae q about Ia u. 1
lnoth4s report - cl,o1 "a l g ll
t q y 16 acre rat 81 3 3
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08

The Busess Builders have been promising grand
bargain days longer than expected to get
everything arranged but ready and first grand
Bargain Day is set for Tuesday September Is.
merchants Of the Bottineau prepared feast
Of bargains line and department Never before
the time that dollar would such values
looking for than WORTH take advantage Of
these bargains We intend continue giving you grand
and take advantage Of the bargains offered the following
and there will be other sales following that win
you many dollars. s##@ @sSsesf@ <
Following is list Of members Of this organization whose
saving advertisements appear the following
Catln-Smith & Co. s&##
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08
DISTRICT court SESSION HERE DISpOSfS
OF FIVE CASES Jury Term IN NOVEMBER

The District Court of Bottineau
county was called at 10 A. NJ, Sep
tember 6th., Judge Burr presiding. A
large number of cases were on the
calendar but owing to the busy sea-
son it was almost impossible to get
either the clients or their attorneys
present at court term.
The first case to be heard was that
of the First State Bank Of Russell,
VS.. Joseph Lynch as administrator Of
the estate Of Alice Marie Lynch de-
ceased. The plaintiff in this action was
represented by w. H. Adams Of Bot
tineau and the defendant by D. J..
O'Connell Of Towner Neither the de-
fendant or his attorney made an ap-
pearance and the case was decided in
favor Of the plaintiff.
The next case was that Of C. W..
Conroy VS.. Thomas Hennessy as sher-
if Of Bottineau County. This case
dealt with "a seed lien which the
county held on a certain piece Of land
in the western part Of the county. Mr..
Conroy had bought the land during
the time that the lien was being fore
closed. He was suing for possession
and a deed to the land. This case was
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08

Favoring the name Of q private sol
dier who gave his life for his country
during the world war to that Of "some
illustrious general" !" an American Le-
4gion post Of Minneapolis, Mimi, has
Epetitioned the city board Of education
to name q large new high school there
for Cecil Kyle, who was working his
way through college BY selling news
papers and attending cows when he
enlisted.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08

Bottineau Cooperative Store Co. M -' a
Greengards Clothing and Shoe Store
The Wonder Store
G. r. Gleason, Ford and Fordson Garage
Star Grocery
II. =. Hanse, Bottineau Grocery
Ferguson Vikan Co., Hardware
w. r. Mcintosh, Hardware
A. s. Nero Hardware Co. -,,,,s.
Northwestern Jewelry Co.
Oiviere Hat Shop ~'@
Piper Howe Lumber Co. -. :
City Tailor Shop
Milady's Shop -%
Fladeland- Williams Drug Co.
Beevers Meat Market X
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-08

Brig. Gen. Charles Dawes, Secretary
Of the Navy Denby, Gov. Miller and
John G. Emery, national commander
Of the American Legion, will address
the third annual convention Of the
New York department Of the Ameri-
can Legion at jamestown, N. y, Sept.
23 and "a.