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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-28
May | Sees Inaugurated First
General Campaign Of
Kind in Service.

WITHOUT The Postal Service business
would Ianguish In ! day. and be y u
ssandatlll IN 4 week Public oplnlan
wauid saie n dry rot Sectional hatred
!: Of rrnjudIcc oaIy would flourish and
Observation-Disclosures thrive.
1t IA tho biggest distinctive business
Id TIE wsrsd and II Games nearer to tbs
lnnernlost interests Of a gregteT nsirl-
her hi inen aad women than any 0lher
institution ~ earth 80 privats bssxl-
ness. however wislespresas touches 30
Fnany Hives ~ often III Sharply No
cfWFrh reaches lnfo 10 many sauls,
fiullsrw sa many pulses, has No tpsny
nasnen heIngs dependent M Iss npIa.
isifatisns
~pestsl improvements Wesk'' isss
l,een INIT fur May I. hy the Postmaster
fsanerMi This IN :ha ssrat Renefnl cam.
1Nian III III Kind To tha Postal Service
for several decades Business men
and their organizations. large users of
the mail newspapers. tuefiou pictures.
advertisers. ard the entire orannlgn
sinn of fgO. 0fkl postal workers are In be
enlisted IN this couaisyswlds campa!xa
OK Interest III pOstal improvements
Your help il vital. Address your lot
ters plainly With pan Or typ~wrlssr.
sivs street address Spell eur nsms
~ stats, dent abhrsviass. put your
return zddre@a In tire upper left hand
corner o. snvsiops (not ~ chs bsek)
and always iook az y0us Istssr bsfess
dropplnc IN the mail 90 see ~ u 10
properly addressed. rhls cass In che
Use 81 sss malls u for your hensslt and
speeds up tss dispasch end delivery
Vt Fssll matter.
" yeM have any cesnpieints Of poor
service naFke shens to yaur postmaster.
Ne hss sHstrucfIons 10 investigate them
and repcrs 70 the department.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-28
christian Church, Meridian.

Sunday school at 10. Holy Com
munion at IL. In the absence OF the
pastor. the laymen OF the church are
giving excellent sermon lessons at
the sermon hour. Mr.. Mack deiiv-
cred a beautiful sermon on Direct
ing the VIM last Lords Day morn
Ing.
A Bible training class will be or
gained next Sunday morning, All
are invited to come and join. C. e.
at 730. Miss Ardath Caldwell,
president; Mrs II. Jean Lucas, SUN
day school superintendent.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-28

W.B Davidson, W.Howard Dawson
Il A w e RS
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-28
Notice for Sprinkling Bids.
yfIfage Of Meridian. Idaho.

Notice is hereby given that bids will
be received UP to o'clock, Monday,
May |, 1922, for two men and teams
for the sprinkling Of the streets of
Meridian, Idaho, for the season OF
1922. Teams and men will be re-
CURED to work on the streets when
not needed for sprinkling. Those re-
ceiving the contract will be required
$500 for the faithful performance of
their contract.
l.. A. SONGER,
Chairman.
w. H. Peer, Clerk.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-28
~moAg BUSINESS
~ GOVERNMENT

This apt phrase was used In Presi-
dent Harding's iirss message 10 Con-
gress and applies particularly In postal
management where pestmasteTs are
being impressed with the fact that
they ARE managers OF local branches
Of ths hlSges, business Ia the world.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-28
HUMANIZINC THE
POSTAL SERVICE

@There Is no unImportant person er
part OF our service. Il Is a total OF
human units and their cooperation 10
the key to Its success. In Its lsst
analysis. postal duties are accommo-
dations performed for cur nsishbors
and friends and should be so regarded.
rather than as hired service per-
formed for an absentee employer. w.
Postmaster General Hubert Werk.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-28
coURTEs Y

II sticks In human relations Hire
postage stamps on letters. The
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT ex-
poets II 70 be used by its postmastsrs
and employees In dealing with The
public.
Help them In It's use beginning
with POSTAL IMPROVEMENT
WEEK.. May 10. ise22.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-28
HERE CONES A STRANGER

Let's make our post ollics ioe& neat.
Mr.. Postmaster. StraIghten up tbs
rural letter boz. Mr.. Farmer. Tfdy
up some. Mr.. Rural Carrier Ftrst
Impressions ara lasting Maybs Mr.
Stranger. taking notice of these is-
provements, will come back. bringing
yeu benefits. Start These with pos
TAI. IMPROVEMENT WEEK" May
1A
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-28

Hew DO you expect the Postal Clerk
10 know whether you Iaesu Trlnldsd.
California. or Trinidad. Colorado2
ALWAYS SisEi.E. OUT THE NAME
or TTiE STATE IN FULL. IN TILE
ADDRESS
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-28
Save Money

Special Sale of Harness and Farm Machinery
We are again making cut in
these lines.
Call and see us for prices. We will beat prices
anywhere. You will not have such an OppOrtu.
nifty soon to buy such harness and machinery
at so low prices.
MERIDIAN HARDWARE & IMPLEMENT CO
MERIDIAN, IDAHO.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-04-28
|, WARNING TO AUTO sPEEDERs

There's no such thing as good
Guesser. The poor Guesser has his
funeral little sooner. that's all. The
Guesser does not merely challenge
fate. He insults t.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-31

as if it were his own. He, should
make the interest of the firm his in
terest. He should be reasonable in
disputes and urge his claims in a
fair and just way.
"The right of men to organize is
natural, inalienable right. Capital
enjoys it and justly. 1t is manifestly
unjust for capital to vindicate it's own
right to organize and to deny the
same right to workers. Nor can the
state invade these right.
Until due recognition and help
come to the worker from state or en-
ployer, he will be justified by self
defense in resorting to strikes. 1t is
natural right of man to give or
withhold his labor. 1t is mans de-
fense against injury and oppression.
A strike is not war, save hgur-
atively, but like war it should be con
sidered last resort.
THE state should always maintain
discipline and order but the state has
no right to prohibit a just strike.
That is natural right of man. 1t ex-
listed prior to the state itself, and is a
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-31
Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton.
Ohio. az Second Class Neil Matter
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton. Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown. o
WHY A COAL STRIKE?

President John L. Lewis, Of the
United Mine Workers of America,
last week announced that the biggest
coal strike in the history of the in
dustry would take place on April l.
1t is evident that the coal operators
are determined to destroy collective
bargaining if they can That is their
real purpose in forcing the strike at
this time The reduction in wages
they seek to force upon the miners is
secondary to breaking up the union.
The West Virginia coal fields are
non union Wages there are lower
than in all other fields The operators
expect the mine workers Of the coun-
try to lower their standards to chat
Of the miners of West Virginia. They
would measure the standard Of living
for American coal miners with non
union yardstick They would have the
union miners follow the non-union
workers down the ladder Of wage re-
ductions to the morass Of poverty
and degradation which prevail below.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-31
ma n IN nm Ea
BRIDGE BONDS AND VOTES

Just year and half ago, the vot-
ers of Butler county, by clean ma
iority of 1888, voted the county COM
missioners authority to issue bonds to
the amount of $390,000 to build a
bridge across the river near Coke
Otto for the purpose of extending
North Third street and opening a road
to the north in the county. From
subsequent actions it must have been
a great surprise and shock to the
commissioners that the bonds author
ization carried, and by such substan-
tial majority, for the actions of the
commissioners (including Kinch) ever
since that election would indicate that
they are heartily opposed to issuing
the bonds. Anyway, after stalling
around for year and half, they now
come along and say that they will
not issue any bonds for any improve
ments this year, this, for the sole
purpose of getting away from issu
ing the Coke Otto bridge bonds-and
no other-oh, yes, and to get few
votes in Middletown. The people say,
and by big majority, issue the bonds
and we will pay for them with our
| OWN money, with which we have
the right to do as we please and see
! fit. but the county commissioners,
that is, two of them, Brelsford and
Kinch, say no, no, we know your abil-
ity to pay better than you yourself
know them, and we will not let you
spend your money recklessly; there
fore, we refuse to order the sale of
these bonds.
1t is mighty kind of the county dads
to steer and guide the taxpayers off
the shoals OF poverty and distress, but
do the people want this guardianship
or do they want what they want
without some buttinsky telling them
what is good and bad for them. The
Press believes the people of Butler
county are intelligent enough to know
their own affairs and what is gooo
for them, and that they will so make
ii manifest at the primaries to bt
held in August And thank goodness
under the new laws, the NEW county
commissioner will take his seat il
January 50 that the people won't have
to wait another year after election
before an OBEDlENT servant take:
/ his seat.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-31
Pc ssa pa sa E@
He CHURCH AND STRIK ES

THE CHURCH AND STRIKES
In an article in the current issue of
The Catholic Forester, headed "On
Religious Ideals in Industrial Rela
tions," his eminence, Cardinal O'Con-
nell. says:
THE evils and abuses of the present
industrial system cannot be too
strongly deplored The aloofness of
the employer from the worker, the
concentration of wealth in the hands
Of the few, the oppression of the
worker, are abuses which, while not
universal, are still altogether too
common Stories of excessive profits
and low wages, of heartless dismis-
sails, Of inhuman disregard Of labor,
are a disgrace to our democratic
state"
When capital is obdurate in its
evil ways, and abuses its strength,
there is only one refuge left to the
oppressed and that refuge is organi-
zation
The church is not afraid to de-
mand that the laborer fulfil his right
ful obligations He should be honest
in his labor Just agreements made
with the employer should be faith
fully kept. The workers should safe
guard the property of the employer
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-31

In announcing their refusal to meet
with the miners and work out new
agreement to take effect April |, the
coal operators are deliberately violat-
ing their written contract with the
union, which they signed in New York
on March 81, 1920, just two years ago.
In that contract is the following
clause:
"Resolved, That an interstate joint
conference be held prior to April |,
1922; the time and place for holding
such meeting to be referred to COM
mittee of two operators and two
members from each state herein rep
resented, together with the interna-
tional officials of the United Mine
Workers of America"
That agreement ought to be as
binding as an honor bond can be. Re
fusal by the operators to live up to
it's provision is a shock to the public
conscience and an assault on bust
ness morality Indeed, it is SO inde-
| fensible that President Harding de-
nounced the action of the operators
and directed Secretary of Labor Davis
to call upon the operators to live up
to their agreement and meet with the
miners in an honest effort to work out
a new agreement.
The operators are in an excellent
condition for a strike Repudiating
thei ragreement and expecting to
break up the union, with millions of
tons of soft coal on hand, they will
use the strike as an excuse to boost
the price of coal, thus compelling the
public to bear the cost of the strike
while they at the same time will
gouge the public pocketbook and clean
up enormous profits 1t has beer
done before and it will be attempted
again.
The miners have not asked for al
increase in wages as the coal operat
ors charge. They have only asked thai
the present wage scale be continued
for two years more. They did no
earn a living under the present seal,
III 1921, but they are willing to tax,
chance with another two years
They pin their faith to the hope 70
revival of industry and business il
I the next two years that win alfor'
them steadier employment and thu
enable them to make living
Bit6minous mine workers in tn
union fields were employed only a
e average OF about l25 days in 1921
which is 40 per cent Of full time a
, nearly as now can be ascertained sue
soft coal miners earned an ayerag
Of approximately 500 in 1921, whic
y is about $3.50 week 1t costs tn
Z ordinary family about $3.50 yea
10 live decently Mine workers earne
e less than half that sum last yeal
. Yet the operators propose to reduc
their wages
y The average selling price of sol
coal in October, 1921, was $1O4l
ton. The miners received $197 a TO
for producing it. Who got the othe
9 $8.44? There is the gougel Th
i miners do not get the money If tn
public would bring down the price {
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-31

coal they must look beyond the min
ers for the way to do it. The miners
are not to blame for the high prices.
The coal operators are spending
vast sums of money with corps of
paid writer's in an attempt to poison
public thought against the miners,
but such will avail them not when the
people learn the truth about coal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-31

cised over the brokerage business,
said District Attorney Banton, while
suspected brokers are at liberty to
refuse the district attorney or the
grand jury the right to inspect their
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-31
ARG0-PHOSPHATE
THE IDEAL, TONIC

The worlds greatest tonic for assitude and
all rundown anemic conditions 1t Just puts
pep into the whole system Its the best
tonic ever used" says a Boston physi-
clan. AZ
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-31

accounts.
Wall street is strongly in favor OF
protecting the public" when it comes
to shackling free men. but not when
it's gambling game is interfered with.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02

the First Farmers bank is confined
to his home by illness. At.last re-
ports his condition had improved and
it was hoped that he would be able
to come down to his office by the first
of next week.
liver Monshaugen, Ludwig Mikkel-
son and Fred Slayer, forming town
ship farmers braved the elements and
drove to Minot Tuesday. They are
already making plans on putting in
an increased acreage, which will in
clude some corn. forming township
is located in the hills which usually
produce our finest crops.
Tom Callahan of Havre, Mont, a
former resident of Donnybrook, has
been visiting old friends at Donny-
brook, Burlington and Minot, return
ed home Tuesday. Tom is engaged
in ranching, spending his summers on
large ranch near St. Joseph, north
Of Havre. He says they have enjoyed
a very mild winter in Montana, not
having so much snow as found here.
The Montanans, he says are optimis-
tic and are looking forward to a
bumper crop this season.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02

A daughter was born Wednesday
morning to Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Bailey,
'T08 3rd St. N. f.
Rev. P w. Erickson was confined
10 his bed early in the week with
the grip.
J. G.. Hofto of the NJ. G. Olson store
IS spending two weeks in Minneapolis
licking a course in window dressing.
F. E. Luehe, accountant, is spend
Ing the week at Devils Lake where
the Grain Growers convention is in
progress.
Otto C. Ellison, of the Fair store,
who has been in the east for several
weeks, writes from Chicago, that he
IS now enroute home.
Lawrence Huseby, pioneer drayman
is taking an enforced vacation from
his duties, on account of spell of
che old fashioned grippe.
H. L. Glazer and wife left for cas-
tern points Sunday to buy merchan-
disc for their new cloak and suit store
which they will soon open in the
Waverly block.
Mike Fuchs, prosperous young Fox
holm farmer, was transacting busi-
ness in Minot Tuesday. He is milk
ing ten cows this winter and has an
abundance of fine feed as he raised
20 acres Of corn last season.
Chas. Scribner, from near Foxholm
IS sojourning in Minot as juror in
district court. Mr.. Scribner is one
of the pioneers Of Ward county and
mas always kept considerable stock
Seeding so head Of cattle this winter
DR.. and Mrs. A. D. MCDANIEL spent
several days in Minneapolis visiting
friends last week. They left Wed,
nesday night and their train was de.
layed for several hours in Minnesots
by the storm.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02
Judge Miller Guest of Kiwanians

The Kiwanians had busy session
at their weekly meeting yesterday,
the sumptutuos banquet served by the
Episcopal Guild marked the opening
of the program. Out of town guests
were Hon. Andrew Miller, Federal
judge, who travels considerable about
our great country, made the optimis-
tic remark that North Dakota is
coming back quicker and stronger
than any other state in the union"
H. Nelson, Moorhead, Mimi, gave a
short talk which disclosed the fact
that he is booster for the potato
industry. Wendell Linwell, Ray, said
that they considered themselves as
suburb of Minot territory and there
fore endorsed the things we boosted
for. J. R. Pence acted as chairman.
Sam Morgan gave the weekly attend
ance prize which was awarded to D.
C. Hair. Andy Carr came in with
a big smile and after the banquet,
released the cigars on the new seven
and one-half pound assistant which
recently arrived at their home. A
new and novel way of greeting the
guests was introduced, and made a
big hit with the club, the greeting is
made in the 500 Indian language, with
right hand and arm up forming a
triangle, palm of hand wide open,
saying "Hou Koda" meaning "How
do you do, my friend" The local
club together with the International
Club is boosting the Great Lakes-St
Lawrence waterway, for the benefit
of our agricultural enterprises. We
are backing the National conference
on Agriculture at Washington, for the
benefit of our farmer friends. While
we don't care to go on record as an
organization favoring the increase of
expenses and taxes, we are frank to
say that we supported the $780,
bond issue for the new school build
ing. We, together with others have
come to realize that the day of Log
Cabin school houses are a thing of
the past, that new and modern equip
ped schools are in demand, and that
Min0t by its vote on the bond issue
only gave it's expression to the world
| that she intends to keep the lead in
its high class educational institutions
already established. At the meeting
of the Kiwanian directors Tuesday
evening we accepted our full share of
the 100000 More" drive about to be
launched, any one that don't know
what this means ask any one with a
Kiwanian button and you will get>full
details. T. B. Elton, lieutenant gov
ernor, Grand Forks, appointed F. L.
Blume, member of the District con-
vention program which will be held
in Grand Forks next June, and A.
H. Kurth, as member of the Business
Methods Committss for the State Of
North Dakota.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02
Bold Thieves Steal Rogers Wheat
Borrowed Farmers Sled

Andrew Rogers reported 10 oherhl
Scofield this afternoon that someone
stole about 80 bushels Of wheat from
the granary on his farm five miles
south Of the city early Wednesday
morning. The thieves started out
from Minot in an old sled pulled by
a team of grey horses. TheH sled
broke down and they stopped at the
Smith farm at o'clock Wednesday
morning and asked to borrow sled.
The grain was hauled to Minot in the
Smith sled which was abandoned near
the Cox-Emmerson lumber yard. The
wheat, 81 bushels, was sold to the
Farmers Cooperative Elevator, Mr..
Some reporting that a young man
had driven to the elevator at 8 o'clock
Wednesday morning. He gave his
name as Geo. Wisner and. was given
check on the First international
bank which he cashed. Officers are
trying to locate him. The old sled
abandoned by the thieves has been
brot to the city and officers are work
ing on the clue.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02

There is something radically wrong
with our income tax law. Louis w.
Hill testified that by converting tax
able securities of his mother into nom
taxable securities, he was able to in.
crease her daily income from $1,000
to $4,000. He was no u t
within the law, yet this only shows
that the law has been framed in such
a way that the people best able to
pay the income tax are able to es-
cape, and naturally the burden falls
on the smaller taxpayers, less able
to pay. According to Mr.. Hills state
ment, Mrs. Hills income at the time
of her death was $3.50, 100000 per year;
thus by manipulating the taxes, she
was able to escape paying $685. 200. 90
dollars in taxes, or more than third
of million dollars. 1t is little Won
der that some of us have to borrow
money to pay our income taxes.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02
Disposed of Sc Criminal Cases in
County Court

The jury in county court has been
dismissed, the jury in the last case,
Joseph Seglen VS.. Grams Bros, bring
ing in verdict for the plaintiff this
afternoon for $164.25 for wages.
During the two weeks term, Sc
criminal cases were disposed of and
20 bonds forfeited. Eighteen civil
cases were disposed of. Nine who
pleaded guilty remain to be sentenced.
They include one Scott, having cigar
cites for sale; I. Diamond, having
cigarettes for sale; Geo. Poppaganis,
keeping snuff for sale; Joe Makens,
assault and battery; John Stagris,
Intoxicating liquor in his possession;
Geo. Poppaganis, the same; Walt
McCrea, operating pool hall without
license; John Kutchles, cigarettes
for sale, and Ralph Hamul, liquor
in his possession.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02
James Eide Candidate for Commits.
siOner

James Eide, farmer residing. twelve
miles south of Des Laos, spent the
aarly part of the week in Minot. He
informs the Independent that he has
fully decided to become a candidate
FOR commissioner from the Fourth
District in the June primaries, and
ne is preparing to make strenuous
canvas. Mr.. Eide realizes that there
are to be several other candidates but
has strong hopes of securing place
N the ballot in the fall. Mr.. Eide
IS quite an extensive farmer and cat.
.'eman.. He has been member OF
$he Nonpartisan, league for years.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02
Sunday Music Hour

One of the finest programs present
! in the Sunday Music Hour series
20 far this season was given at the
auditorium last Sunday by Mr.; Verne
Xe'sey and Mrs. John Howard, plan
SITS, and Mr.. John Howard, violin
ist.
Mr.. Kelsey is the possessor of SUI
ooard. This was. shown In his solo
numbers, especially. His interpre-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02
Makoti TO Have Cream Shipping
=, Station

R. F. Flint, state dairy commits
sioner, spent several DAYS at Makoti
last week comforting with the dairy
men relative to cream shipping as
ISOLATION. The Makoti dairymen are
considering the plan Of shipping their
cream to Minnesota to be manufacture
ed into butter, the butter factory to
market the product for them. Mr..
Flint is not certain that the plan will
work out to the satisfaction of the
dairymen, who may 60 ahead with
the proposition anyway, as an expert
ment.
Mr.. Flint states that Ward county
has made greater progress in dairy
ing during the past five years than
any other county in North Dakota.