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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-25

Blue Valley Creamery Has Same Price
At All Shipping Points
Each Blue Valley creamery pays
one and the same price to all it's pat
rons regardless of local competition at
the point where each patron happens
to live.
The very fact that no Blue Valley
creamery has cream agents prevents
all discrimination. The presence of
anti-discriminatio laws indicates that
price discrimination sometimes is prac-
ticed by some creameries. The claim
is even made sometimes that small
local creameries have been killed
through discrimination between ship
ping points in the butterfat prices paid
by larger creamery covering large
territory. No such claim has ever been
proven, but if any such thing was
ever done or attempted, it could be
done only through the cream agent
system. Through that system cream
cry might raise it's butterfat price at
one point in a territory above what it
pays at other points, in order to drive
a competitor at that one point out of
business.
Under the Blue Valley Creamery
System no Blue Valley creamery can
do that. No Blue Valley creamery has
cream agents. 1t deals direct with
thousands Of individual farmers ship
ping in their cream from hundreds of
Shipping points in the territory. One
price is paid to all. Were a Blue Val
ley creamery to take notice of COM
petition at any one certain point in
the territory and raise its butterfat
price out of proportion to the market
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-25
Effort to "Scrap" State
Non-partisian League
Conventions to Decide Question May
Be Held SOOn-Van Lear in
New Move

"Scrapping" the Nonpartisan league
in Minnesota and it's ally, the Work
ig Peoples Nonpartisan Political
league, is favored by large element
among the radicals, says Chas. B.
Cheney of the Minneapolis Journal
State conventions to decide this ques-
ito may be called in the near future,
it is reported.
The proposal to be decided in these
conventions, if they are called, in
wolves vital question Of policy and
future control of the radical move
ment in Minnesota.
1t is proposed to "scrap" the pres
ent Nonpartisan league state organi-
zation-both of them, in fact. The
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-25

The fact that Blue Valley found it
impossible to enforce it's system of
accurate cream testing on the cream
agent system, was another reason why
we did away with it.
Our experience is that the average
creamery does it's best to have the
tests accurate. In our own plants we
employ the system already outlined of
doing away with all temptations for
the tester to do anything but accurate
testing. We also invite official in
spections and urge our patrons to buy
small testers of their own and instruct
them in their use. But we found it
impossible to supervise and be re-
sponsible for testing done by hundreds
of unframed agents working on COM
mission and attending to other bust
ness at the same time.
Dealing with thousands of farmers
as Blue Valley soon did at it's first
creamery in St. Joseph, we had to
treat everybody alike in every way,
and according to one system. We
found this impossible to do when we
had to deal with our patrons through
a hundred agents, situated in a humid
red towns, each one working under
his own local conditions, and each one,
at one time or another, up against
some competitors temporarily higher
price which the agent thought he had
to beat to hold his business. We soon
found that the cream agent system
led to discrimination between towns,
the butterfat price being high where
J competition was strong due to a local
or nearby creamery, and low where
no competition existed. On that &C
count alone, Blue Valley found the
cream agent system impossible.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-25
SHALL MINNESOTA RETURN TO
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT?


nesota should return to the infection
of capital punishment for first degree
murder and kindred crimes is one
that is agitating the minds of the
people of the state.
Several bills are now before the
Minnesota Legislature, one of which
may be enacted into law. For many
years prior to about 1886 Minnesota
did not infict the so-called capital
punishment on those convicted of
first degree murder, the limit of pun
ishment for this crime being life i'm
prisonment. From the period of
about 1886 to 1913 capital punish
ment was the rule. Largely through
the instrumentality of Governor
Adolph Eberhart the capital punish
ment law was repealed during the 1913
Legislative session.
About this time the wardens of the
institutions and many of those who
professed to be making a study of
the criminal and his tendencies to re-
form-what he would or would not
do under certain conditions, sponsored
the Minnesota indeterminate SEN
tence law and increased the power OF
the Board of Parole. Prior to the en-
actment of the indeterminate sent
tence law a criminal could be reason
ably certain that if he was sentenced
to seven years in the penitentiary he
would serve seven years unless there
were extremely extenuating circum-
stances. The new law made this
crime punishable by term of from
one to seven years-the time actually
served being entirely discretionary
with the Board of Parole, the Board
being the chairman of the Board of
Control, warden of the penal insti-
tuition in which the applicant is con-
fined, and a third member, in the
present instance being Rev. Swaring-
ton Of st. Paul. The result has been
that Minnesota has and is at the pres
ent time the bonanza field for the
criminal element of the United States.
Men who have committed major
crimes have been paroled after serv-
ing a Comparatively short percentage
of their maximum sentence. The re-
suit is an increasing wave of murder,
highway robbery, and crimes Of less
degree, the like of which the State
has never before experienced.
The peace officers of the state. the
attorney general, and the attorneys,
have given much thought to the tlues-
ton Of the procedure necessary to
stop the crime wave.
The editor of the Herald has given
the question of capital punishment
considerable thought and we have not
YET arrived at the stage wnefe we are
fully convinced that Minnesota should
return to this method of punish
ment. We believe if the Legislature
would repeal the indeterminate
sen eLce law, make highway roI" cry
punishable by minimum sentence g
10 years, and either entireIy do away
with the Board of Parole or have it
maze up o. men with iro in lhei.
blcoo and CUTS enough not TO he in
fuenced by sob sisters and sentimen-
lists to the end that justice miscar-
ries, perhaps even better results
would be found than the re-enactment
of capital punishment.
At a recent meeting of the Mime
sofa Bar Association a resolution was
passed urging law making District
Court Judges of the State of Mime
sofa members Of the Parole Board. OF
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-25

ing their candidates, it is charged, and
the farmer-labor party was up against
it for campaign funds.
While Townley claimed credit for
the Shipstead victory his enemies say
he really was an obstacle, and there
have been some sharp recriminations
since election. If Townley renews
his efforts to dirtct radical voters in
the old party primaries, as anticipat-
ed, there will be battle all along the
line.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-25

price in order to drive a local cream
cry out of business, it would have to
pay that price to everybody, at every
point in the territory, and consequent
ly would go bankrupt in a very short
time.
The Blue Valley Creamery System
from it's very beginning treated and
always since has treated everybody
alike. We believe that is one big reason
why the system has met with the ap-
proval of thousands upon thousands
self, Blue Valley Creamery having
no local cream agents cannot discrimi-
nate against any one point in its ter
ritory in order to drive out competi-
tor at that point. 1t must pay the
same price to all it's patrons.
Blue Valley Butterfat Prices
The butterfat price at each Blue
Valley creamery is governed, first of
all, by the price at which it's butter
sells, just as it was from the opening
day in the first Blue Valley creamery
in St. Joseph. The sales price of the
butter of any one particular Blue Val
ley creamery, even under the Blue
Valley system of selling Blue Valley
butter, depends, first, upon the quality
of the cream from which it is made,
and, second, on the character of the
local demand, the size of the city and
the habits of the people. Other factors,
such as distance to other large con-
sumptive markets, degree of factory
efficiency and climate, also enter into
determining the butterfat price each
Blue Valley creamery pays.
We found in our first creamery at
st. Joseph that at certain times of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16

Lafayette college, Pennsylvania State college, Stevens Institute of Technology, Cornell university, Syra- cuse university, Columbia university, Colgate university, University of Vermont. Dartmouth college, Brown university. University of Maine, Trinity college, Bowdoin college, Wesleyan university, Massachusetts Institute of TechiioIogy, Northwest ern university, Albion college. Uni- versity of Wisconsin, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Uni versity of Chicago, Lombard college, University ofSIowa, Iowa State coll lege. University of Minnesota, Uni- versity of Desota, University of Mis- souri, William Jewel college, Mis- souri School of Mine, Washington university, University Of Arkansas, Drury college. University of Kansas, Kansas State Agricultural college, University of Oklahoma, University of Nebraska, Oklahoma Industrial college, University of Texas, Lousi- ana State university, Tulane univer- sity, Colorado School of Mines, Uni versity of Colorado, Colorado Agri- cultural college, University of Wyom- ing. University of Montana, State College of Washington, University of Idaho, University of oregon, Univer- sity of Washington Oregon Agricul- tural college, Leland Stanford uni versity University of California, Uni versity of Nevada, University of Ari- zona, University sof North Carolina, North Carolina State college.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16
Jefferson County Farmers Out To Make 1924 Their Greatest Year

the poultry show just closed is indic- ative of the renewed impetus given the industry among Jefferson county farmers.
 "The soil, the climate, and the mar keting opportunities combine in a very happy way to make poultry an extremely profitable business here" Mir. Lowery said. "rhousands of acres of land in the county are well adapted to this work and would be valuable for hardly any other form of agriculture. Hotels. cafes, cafete1ias, hospitals and homes will pay fancy prices for eggs of standard quality. At the present time Birmingham is sending more than a million dollars annually out of the state for poultry and eggs. It is hoped that within a few years the local production can be so stimulated in this county that the local supply will figure very heavily in the local market"
 The outstanding accomplishment Of the Jefferson County Truck Crow CTS association during the year was the purchase of a lot t4o h-T POO feet to be used as a permanent marketing lot and warehouse site. An excellent choice was made in the selection Of the site, as it is outside the heavy traffic of the city and yet is near enough to the railroad to afford ideal transpOrtation facilities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16
89 COLLEGES TO BE REPRESENTED
Sigma Nu Convention To Bring 500 Members To
 Birmingham For Meet

Not less than 500 visitors and dele gates are expected for the twenty first grand chapter of the Sigma Nu Fraternity, which convenes in Bir- ningham December 2S to 5I, inciu- sive, according to an announcement made yesterday by Borden Burr, gem eral chairman of the committee in charge of arrang MT. Burr stated that positive acceptances had been received from 89 colleges ana universities located in 43 states, and that acceptances had also been re- ceived from 51 cities where alumni chapters are located throughout the United States.
 Daily meetings are being held by the executive committee in charge of the convention, which consists of the following: Borden Burr, general chairman; Roy R. Cox, general sec retary; Maclin F. Smith, treasurer Leon c. Bradley, William L. Brown, Harry B. Bradley, Hill Ferguson, Clyde H. Nelson, Alex c. Birch, Charles T. Allen and Armstrong Cory.
 Members of the Sigma Nu fraternity in Birmingham and Alabama have received during the past week copies of the Delta" the national publi- cation of the Sigma Nu fraternity, which contains 16 stories and a large number of illustrations Tn connec- ton with the national convention. A large amount of space in this na- tional publication, which goes to thousands of Sigma Nus scattered throughout the United States, is de- voted to publicity about the city ot Birmingham and in connection with the meeting of the national organiza- tion here. Final details of the plans for the convention are now peins made out by the committee and ar- engagements have been made to care for approximately 500 hundred visitors and delegates during the four day s meeting.
 This will be the first time the na- tional convention has met in Bir- mingham in more than 40 years anc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16
FOUR SISTERS KILLED

OTTAWA, Ont. Dec. 15.-Four sis- ters, ranging in age from 10 to Is years. were instantly killed when the automobile in which cHcJ were riding was struck by train of the Canadian Pacific railroad at a grade crossing near here today. The vic tims were Gertie, Hazel, Doris and Bessie Tompkins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16
STEAMER GOES DOWN
Probable Loss Of Life In Sinking Of
 Rena Is Reported

of the steamship Rena with probable loss of life on Frying Pan shoals this afternoon was reported late today at coast guard headquarters here. Four survivors are reported to have been picked up by the tanker W. A. Mills. The coast guard cutter Modoc was ordered from Wilmington, N. C., to the scene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16

stegelske tonight and held for fur ther examination next week.
 The captued liquor consisted e zI cases of ale ed whisky.
 The capture was made by state troopers between Silve, Creek and Irving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16
STATES JOIN FORCES
Officer Of Three CommOnwealths Cooperating Against Rum Traffic

C0-operntinS Against Rum Traffic
 DUNIRK, N. T., Dec. 15.-State police of three states, New York Ohio and Pennsylvania, are reported to be cooperating to check the op- erations of illicit traffickers in liquor on the chief highways connecting the large cities of the three states.
 Two captures were reported here today, one of them being an automo- bile driven by a woman, who gave her name as Ella Meyers. Three were three men in the machine. They were arraigned before Commissioner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16

considerable interest attaches to the i fact that not less than four or five delegates who attended the grand chapter meeting here in the sos will be present and will again take part
 A complete list of the S9 colleges which will be represented by dele-
 gates at the convention follows;
 The 51 cities which have alumni chapters, and which will be repre- sented by one or more delegates 1oi- low:
 Indianapolis, New York. Minneap
 oils, Pittsburg, Detroit, San Francis co, Chicago St. Louis. Cleveland, At lanta, Los Angeles, Washington, Dal- las, Hartford, Philadelphia, Port land, Ore; Salt Lake City, Lexington. Ky, Denver, Tuscarawas County, Bos- ton, Hampton Roads, Spokane, Fres- no, Springfield, Mo-, Kansas City, Scranton, Tucson. Oklahoma City. i Wilmington, Del, Columbus, Akron,
 Des Moines, Milwaukee, Providence, l Richmond. Houston, Tampa, Balti- more, Eastcn, Fort Wayne, Little
 Rock, Miami, Nashville, Seattle, Jack sonville, Memphis, Pueblo, Savannah
 Schenectady.
 l More than 100 delegates will be present from the state of Alabama. 1 The University of Alabama will be represented by 25, Alabama Poly
 technic institute and Howard college | Dy the same numDe1. DeIlnlIe aS-
 surances have already been received that deelgations from Gadsden, Tus-
 caloosa, Anniston, Montgomery, Sell ma, Mobile, Greenvilie, Union Springs l and several other Alabama cities will
 attend the sessions.
 The Sigma Nu fraternity, one of the | three largest in the United States, is very strong in the state of Alabama and the indications are that very 1 successful convention will be held.
 COLLEGE CHAPTERS
 University of Virginia, Washing l ton and Lee university, University of l Deleware George Washington uni versity, University of Maryland, Col lege of William and Mary, Mercer university, University of Florida,
 North Georgia Agricultural college,
 University of Georgia, Emory uni- versity, Georgia School of Tech
 nology, Stetson university, University
 of Alabama, Howard college, Wander l bilt university, Alabama Polytechnic | institute, University of the South, | University of Tennessee, DePauw 1 university, Perdue University. Indi-
 ana university, Rose Polytechnic in-
 stitute, University of Kentucky.
 Bethany college, Mt. Union college, Ohio State university, West Virginia | university, Case School of Science. l Western Reserve university, Carnegie
 Institute of Technology Lehigh uni
 versitN, University of Pennsylvania,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16
LEG SORES

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16

Encouraged by the government, owners of French fishing schooners are equipping their craft with wire less to assist them in locating ana marketing the catches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-16
BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1e,
ROADSTER SOLD THIS WEEK

maPa kby R. A Brown, Bningh nurancn one tn mbero
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20
WEDNESDAY
ZEE. Il

First Low Tide
200 a. m. 80 n.
First High lid,
S.is A. m. ia n.
seoond High Tide
1851 .. m. 40 r.
second Low Tide
sos p. m. 81 r.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20
Income Tax Facts
depreciation. F"
Library Cost.
automobiles.
Market Price.

While tho word depreciation" il
not used in tho revenue act OF 1891.
| Il provides that in computing net IN,
come there shall be allowed n rea.
iHonablo allowance for the exhaustion.
wear and tear Of property used In
tho trade or business. including a r.a,
sonablc allowance for obaoloaccncc. d"
The deduction iH confined 20 property
actually used In trade or business.
In general u applies to capital az.
sets. the cost Of which can not be
deducted as an expense.
For example. a lawyer or physician
IL not permitted to write Off az a
current expense the cost of his pro.
eessional library. but may deduct an
allowance for It's depreciation.
Deductions are not allowed for d..
probation Of n Taxpayers home. the
furnishings therein. his personal ef.
fccts. nor automobiles used chiefly
for pleasure or convenience. Dopre.
citation does not apply to inventories
or stock In trade. nor 20 the value
OF land, whether improved or unlm.
proved.
Depreciation may be claimed on
all business property. which includes
not only buildings, but machinery OF
a permanent character, automobiles.
farm tractors mines and mill equip.
ment, furniture and books.
The value to bo cared for by de.
probation Is the cost OF the property.
However, In the case Of property ae-
quired prior TO March /. 1913. tho do.
duc,ion shall be- computed upon It's
fair market price or value az Of that
date.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20
Arrivals and Departures

ARRIVED - Feb 19-Hir Admiral
schley from San Pedro via San Francisco,
at noon; str Lewis Lucksnbach from New
York via ports, at S.t5 a III. Feb. is
Str Edna from Tacoma, az ii:fs p. m. /:
str Admiral Rodman from Port Angeles.
nt 1913 .. m. str SHOEMAKER from Homo
lulu via ports. at 7.fs a. IN. str IAtoucha
from Tacoma. at ! a. nj str Arizona
Maru from Tacoma via Vancouver, q. G
AZ .. m: str President Harrison from
San Francisco. at $40 a. III. str Prince
George from Prince Rupert via ports, AZ
p M: str Spokane from Southwestern
Alaska, at D. M, str WIllsolo from New
York via ports. a. sst6 a. M. str Saga
dahoe from New York via ports at 8:10
A. M str Everett from San Francisco.
~ D. m; str Agxlstar from Baltimore
via ports. at 1870 D. m. str Nevadan
from New York via ports. at a m. afr
Rainier from Tacoma at D. m
sAILED-Fsb. fg-5tr President Nadi-
son for Manila via ports. at II q. m; str
Montana for New York via ports. at IL 30
q. M. str Andrea +. Luekenbaeh for New
YORK via ports. At a. M str Florence
Luckenbach for New York via ports. at
SIC a. NJ. FEB. is-sr Prince George
for Prince Rupert via ports. at 1895 .
m. str Nanuiani for Honolulu via Ka-
nuhui and Hilo. at $40 a. IA; ctr Steel
Trader for London via ports, 1T 3:z5 o.
tTn.. str West Jappa for Adelaide via ia :
coma, Everett and ports. at .. m; mo-
f0rship Charlie Watson for Richmond. a.
noon: sehr Rose Mahonsy for san Pedro
via Everett, at 3 a. M.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20
BY ROBERT TALlEY

WARRINGTON. Feb. zo.-You
paid SO cents q pound FOR sugar
that the prontsen fold during The
shortage" back In 1880. and non
sou are 20 pay an eKofbltant profit
on tho sugar they didn't sell
A generous congress hHF Just
handed over 10 three big sugar i'm,
porierH ana dztributors 1855. 900
which they claimed nH "lnssea" sua,
tanned BY reason OF the department
OF justice breaking the sugar mar
ket and causing a decline iu prices.
Nobody said it VIVA a legal claim:
u wa labeled na moral obllga.
ton"
The American Trading 60. and Is.
II Howell lions Co flied Joint
claim Tho former were importers
ana thr latter distributors. and thru
this double arrangement they col.
lectcd the permitted profit OF 1 cent
per pound on both importation and
distribution
Tho sugar claimants represented
that the government had arranged
with them 10 bring in Argentine
sugar 70 break the market. but this
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20
Vessels in Port at Seattle

bmitn Cove Terminal--Pter A-Str wynn.
a, Higgins Pier B-str President
Bell street TerminaI--U. 8. L. II. r.
Heather.
Pier i4-S,r Gyokoh Maru.
Pier 1i-B-str Forest King.
Pier Str Rainier.
Pier str Edna.
PIER 2-str odufa, str Latouche, str viz
toria.
Pier A--str Spokane.
Pier B--Str Admiral Rodman
Union Pacific Terminal-str AguiHtar.
str Eeyadan.
Pacific Coast Coal Bunkors-U. g. O. g.
Burveyor.
Pacific Coast Engineering works-u a.
9. @. Halda.
II. =. chipping Board Mooripgs-str roo-
mum, str Anna ~. Morse, gtr Silver
ado. str Cross Keys. str Delight, str
Wnlllngford, str West 1son. str West
Hartland, str Lubrico.
Connecticut Street TerinlnaI---achr Ga
mano, str President Harrison.
Atlantic Street Terminai--str WllisoIo.
str Sagadagoc, str Btoelmaksr. ar
COMMERCIAL Traveller, str Santa Paula
Beattlo FIGURING Mil Terminal--Btr ART
zona Aaru.
STACY Street Terminaf--U. ~. G. 81. DELL
wood, y. =. G. y. burnside
Spokane Street Terminal Motorehip
Loeb Coll. str Gothlcatar.
Todd DrydDckB--Str Boxer, str Fulton
str Lehlgh, str II. y. Alexander.
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging CO.
Ctr Patterson.
West Seattle Training Btntlon-J. a. a.
Eagle No. 81.
Ifensrnan's Drydook-- Notorship Oregon.
ALASKA steamship MoOflngH-Btr Hndon.
%. Htr juneau, str Valdez,
Winsiow Marine Hallwoy-gtr paolflco,
bark Belfast, barge Coaultian city.
bktn James TUT, star whalors No.
i, . and 0.