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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01

questions presented by them, and
within month the supreme court
had determined all questions favor
ably to the city. The bonds were
thereupon approved,' and the money
was received thereon by the city
treasurer day or two before. the
purchase price of the old water
works system was required to be
paid.
''In view Of difficulties which the
bond syndicate had experienced with
certain other cities in this state re-
iative to special assessment war;
rants. they were rather stringent in
their requirements. The proceed
ings providing for the issuance OF
such warrants for the construction or
purchase of the water works system
were not passed upon by the attor-
ncys for the bond houses until sixty
days or more after the old plant had
! been purchased, although the i'm
portance of passing upon the issue
had been repeatedly urged upon the
houses, and the attorneys, by the Of
| IICleiS VI IHlS CICys
| Proceedings Regular
"At the ehd of that time it was
held that the proceedings were regu-
lar and representatives of the syndi-
cate came to Bismarck to confer
with the city officials. They recon-
mended that the city proceed to is
sue $2G5, 100000 of warrants. to pay
for the old property, and agreed to
pay over to the city the amount OF
the bond issue, together with the
$265,O0O.0O Of warrants, thus agree.
ing to pay over to tho city in cash
before the ninety days expired $780,.
100000. The /. bonds and warrants
were printed and about week be
fore the ninety day period expired
the mayor and city auditor went -te
Minneapolis to sign the securitie:
and to secure the money thereon, tn
expense of the trip being consider
ably less than the amount of insur
ance upon the securities in case O.
their. shipment.
I "A day or two before the securi
ties were ready for signature, one o.
the bond houses received from a citi
zen of Bismarck, letter .statint
that the bond houses could expec
litigation in the event that the!
took up the special assessment war
rants, which were to be issued, OF
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01
EXCHANGE WILL
FIGHT ABUSE
AIMED AT IT
Will Expose Men Who. Ask
FavOrs Contrary to Rules
Says President
WILL PRINT LETTERS
Fight Against Bucket Shops
and Those Affiliated with
Them will Continue

Atlantic City, N. j.. Oct. The
New York Stock Exchange intends
to ght its critics publicly and not
content itself with mere appearances
through its legal representatives, Sey-
mour L. Cromwell, president Of the
Exchange, declared here in an ad-
dress prepared for delivery before
the Clearing House Section Of the
American Bankers association.
1--WE are tired Of the abuse and lies
which are daily hurled at the Ex-
change" he said. "and while we do
not intend to reciprocate in kind, we
do intend that every item Of infor-
nation in our possession which will
enlighten the public concerning the
men who are attacking US, concern
ing their methods, their purposes,
their records and their objects, shall
be given to the public.
"If an Office holder stops long
enough at the Grand Central Station
to call up the president of the Tx
change and tell him that he wants .
certain thing done for someone. con-
traN to the rules of the Exchange,
and that he wants an answer in ID
minutes because his train leaves Tor
Albany, where he is going to look
into the bill aimed at the Stock Elk
change we shall consider that threat
an item of news and give the gentle
mems name and his threat to the
newspapers.
IF another Office holder, who has
retaining fee from notorious
bucket shop, calls US up and gives Us
seven minutes in which to restore
the wires to that bucket shop, under
| threat of political reprisal at Albany,
we shall give that gentleman's name
and a record of the conversation to
the public, with such other details
as the facts may warrant. Again. II
the author of bill which was de.
signed to put the Exchange out OF
business comes to US and asks Tor 9
retaining fee so that he may testi'
fy that ne has investigated the Elk
change and found it perfectly al
right, we shall be glad not merely tt
deny the gentlemen the retaining fet
as we have done, but to give hi
name, business, post Office address
and other facts which will be Of In
terest undoubtedly to the public
Furthermore, if any man, whether HI
be public ofIicial or not, holding higl
place OF not, writes to the governor
: of the New York Stock Exchang'
or to it's president, demanding. Will
covert threat, that certain buckle
shops shall have our wires, we shall
publish these letters no matte
whether the political position Of tn
gentleman in question be high or low
This is desirable not from our owl
point of view, but from the neces
: sity and desirability Of advisin,
these gentlemen's confreres as t
the character Of the men with whom
they are associated.
"The Stock Exchange will con
tinue to fight bucket shops and
will fight those affiliated with buckle
. shops who seek to make money GU
J Of the power given them by their pc
litical connections. Do not think tha
I am attacking political parties o
the great body Of public men VIII
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are giving their time and earnest eff
fort to the work of government. The
state-pf New York has in it's Legis-
latua1 slAeh Of the highest type and
in, It's other public Offices men equal
" ifnpeccable. 1t is not political
parties with which Iquarrel but po-
litical pirates and those hangers on
of politics who are mixed up with
politics and interfere with law en-
forcement. The political buccaneer
knows no party and the public official
who is spineless in the enforcement
of the law is usually the one who
makes gratuitous, purposelcss and
rabble- rousing attacks on decent men
and decent institutions. Public Of
ficials should know that crooks take
on the protective coloration of re-
spectacle business men, but instead
of recognizing THIS fact and reaiz-
ing that crooks are crooks and merely
the barnacles Of decent business, de-
cent business ia attacked in, the pull.
pits, in the magazines, in the public
prints"
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the ground that the statute under
which they were to be issued is un-
constitutional in so far as it at
tempts to authorize the levying Of
special assessments for the pur-
chase or construction Of any part Of
a water works system, except the
distribution system proper. The
theory Of the writer appeared to be
that it is unlawful to make assess
ments for any part of the system
except that which strictly confers a
local benefit upon the property, and
that no such benefit is conferred
except by, the lateral pipe lines
which convey the water to the pro.
perty.
Sale Blocked
upon receipt Of this information
the bond houses at once took the
position that they could not carry
the city's paper pending litigation
and refused to advance any money
: to the city upop the $265, 100000 spe.
cial assessment warrants which the
city was about to issue. When news
| of this. action was teceived, the city
commissioners and the citizens com
mittee held conference for the
purpose of determining if it woult
| be possible to raise the money re
CURED to 'pay the purchase price o.
the old water works system, ant
means could not be devised to d.
this. The money not being available
! it was proposed to President Elan
merry of the Water Works Compan!
that he accept part payment of tn
! purchase price, and special assess
ment warrants as collateral securit!
for the payment of the balance un
til the city could secure additional
funds. He stated that he was with
out authority to settle, except OF
the terms of the contract of jun
10th. He was then asked to gran
an extension of time within which
to make payment of the purchas
price. He stated that lie was with
out authority to grant such exten
sion, but that the matter would b
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01
1ANSWER CALL
TO SHOOT ON
! SCOTCH M00RS
Rush for Scotland 90 Great
That 30 Trains Left London
: For the Heather
EXPENSIVE HUNTING
See Day of Grouse Shooting
Vanishing as a Sport for
Sp0rtsmen
EXPENSIVE HUNTING

London, Oct. 1.-Grouse shooting
again has resumed the prominence
as a social function that it held
before the war. During the conflict
the men who could shoot were far
too busy at much grimmer business,
Sfor the most part, to find time for
shooting birds. But this year shoot
ing is more popular than ever be-
fore.
!. On the opening day of the season
the rush for the Scotch moors was so
great that 80 trains, fully laden, left
1. London for the land of the heather.
And it was not cheap crowd that
I filled them. Grouse shooting is the
most expensive sport to be had in the
United Kingdom. Unless q man be
z fairly well endowed with this worlds
goods, he cannot hope to do much
. shooting on the moors.
A popular host who rents one Of
: the best stocked grouse moors in
{ Scotland, and likes his guests to have
good time regardless of expense,
estimates that every grouse brought
down by his party costs him five
dollars. Il would be far cheaper to
buy the birds in the open market.
Grouse shooting has gone up since
= the war. It costs at least; double
what it did in those far off days. And
yet there are some Englishmen who
maintain that it 10 not true sport at
all, any more than was pigeon shoot
ing. But today no man who values
his reputation as q sportsmsn would
engage in pigeon shooting.
It is predicted that the day. soon
will come when grouse shooting will
xbe regarded Is unsportsmanlike. And
FOR much the same reason 40 applied
i to pigeon shooting. It does not give
the bird = fair chance. It makes the
sxillinx of them easy. In grouse shoot
Eth tghe object il 70 secure % big q
s.bae" 81 possible. and the grouse can
hardy be said to have . sporting
I .chance for their lives. The shooter Il
9 { oncealed behind Abutt" with I
seame-ksepsr ~ load his gun for him
n small army 81 beaters II engaged
Ito drive TIE Birds on the "butts:
The sli6otsfp "a notice that the birds
:are coming; ~ hsve not = chance
no dod9o HI j b sees them before
they ~ HIN 4 NJ fhsy tai a. sasy,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01
BOND ISSUE OF
81, $235,OO0 MUST
BE VOTED

Continued from Page ~
city, commissioners for the extension
Of th9 system beyond the plan now
adopted.
Contracts Awarded
Immediately upon the purchase of
the plant, and the awarding of con-
tracts for it's extensions, the city
commission advertised for bids for
the $225, 100000 of water works bonds,
which had been authorized by, the
voters before the old plant was pur-
chased, and also offered 1915, 100000
of special assessment warrants. Bids
were received for these securities
from syndicate of Minneapolis
bond houses. and contract was en-
tered into with them. The bond
proceedings were submitted to Chi
cago attorneys for the bond houses,
who requested an adjudication upon
three points, but their request did
not come for something like five
weeks after the proceedings had
been submitted to them. Suit was
Immediately instituted to test the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01
ESCAPE INJURY.

Carson, N D., Oct. E-Only Mr..
w. A. Harris quick presence Of mind
saved himself and his wife from a
serious accident recently. They were
crossing the railroad track at Flash
er when the train going east struck
their car. He quickly turned the
car and they escaped without injury,
and with but slight damage to the
car
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01
FIRE DAMAGE.

Elgin, N. D., Oct. What might
have been a disastrous re occurred
last week at the home of Mrs. Au-
gust Quasi, when lamp which she
had lighted set fire to some curtains.
Mrs. Quasi had left the room, and
came back to find it in a mass of
flames. The blaze was quickly ex-
tinpuished
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01
Working on Side of Building

The method of working on the wall
OF a building as shown in the illustra-
ton is used by circus-bill posters to put
up their signs in places that are other
wise nearly inaccessible. Two ladders
are used; one is laid on the roof, and
projects q few feet beyond the edge;
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01
Turntable Airplane Landing
Has 5OO-FoOt Runway

Keeping pace with the rapid progress
made recently in the development of
airways, a landing stage has been de-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01

lawn rakings. Several bushels Of mown
grass can be carried in it conveniently
as it is short and wide, and does not
weigh as much as . basket.
q Great interest i being displayed BY
physicians in 4 new drug, known a. ~
jJarsamid, which Is claimed TO e
proved 4 SufS TOR pAiesis. no
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01
Electric Pen Writes i'm Gold
or Silver

Gold, silver, or other colored designs
or wj0ing can be made on wood,
leather, paper, ivory, parchment, silk,
or metal, by a new electrically oper-
ated pen. The pen is attachedto any
lamp socket by means of a flexible cord,
and is operated by runningfthe cleo
trically heated point over sheet of
colored transfer paper. The pen is
insulated SO that no current comes in
contact with the user or the material
with which he is working. The heat
of the hot point can be regulated 80
that q maximum Of 600 F. can be
reached. The pen is no larger. than
IN ordinary fountain pen.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01
What the World Is. poin&
CAS- SEEN BY POPULAR c11ECHAN1CS c11AGA

be made to find out whether any odor
from the cotton plant attracts the wee
vii, and just what it is. 1t is then
hoped to duplicate the odor in the lab
oratory, and lure the insect to its doom
with poisoned bait, if necessary.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01
Cleaning Rusty Crosscut
Saws

An excellent method Of cleaning and
polishing an old rusty croascut saw ID as
follows: Drill vertical hole in the,
center Of small stump, and also saw Q
cut across it, passing through the hole;
the depth Of this cut should equal the
width Of the saw, minus the teeth.
Invert the saw in the cut, allowing the
teeth to project abo9s the surface Of
the stump. Fill the hole around the
saw with fine sand and moisten with q
little water. tBy working the raw q i
tawing, Il Win quickly be secured y
I1e4n ara bright = when new.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01

signed that automatically heads into
The wind and possesses other unique
and practical features. This airplane.
l:nding can be set to remain stable in
il light breezes, and then switch itself
;ato automatic controlNt any predeter-.
! mined wind speed. This feature is
::.ighly important, for the aviator must
head into the wind to make a safe
landing.
Another advantage lies in the fact
that the plane is able to hop of into
The wind from q standing start, at any
required speed, according to wind con-
ditions. The plane is restrained in
stays in the starting room, it's engine
,sreeded up to the desired point, and
then automatically released. The re-
cciving controls for the landing Of
plastes actuate q moving platform, so
that an airplane will fand, not with.a
shock. but with gliding molten.
landing platforms are about 500 feet
III overall lengths, and from 90 to SO
Iiest wide.
i Smell to Lure Boil Weevi1
To It's Death
Government chemists are now q
work On ! new method Of attack on tn
cettanbon Eseyil. An attempt = Z
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01

the other is dashed to the projecting
end, and hangs vertically. One man
remains on the extreme inner end OF
the horizontal ladder, while another
climbs down the vertical ladder, the
weight of the first n,An keeping the
whole arrangement in position. The
horizontal ladder should not project
over the edge Of the, roof more than
one-fourth or one-fifth Of the entire
length Of this ladder and the man hold
ing it down must apply his weight at
the extreme inner end; he must be
about equal to the other man in weight.
In this way he will be able to hold the
man on the ladder securely.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01

hlGRs - gs IS i ~ x. !. V
81 SEQ MAJ fs asyoss n1ss;sSis So 81
:. tSca III, sj,fSss
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-01
Skirt Used as Grass Bag

An old wide dress skirt, with the belt
cut of, and the bottom stitched across,
makes an excellent bag for carrying
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-01

somber and smoky It is the sort Of
place you like to see-once."
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-01
SHADE TREES.

A bulletin has been received from
the school of forestry of the state uni
versity listing a large variety of shade
and forest trees which will be sold to
people of Idaho at prices ranging from
6 cents to 60 cents each This is in
pursuance of the policy of the school
of forestry to encourage the planting
of trees for shelter belts, woodlots
and ornament in Idaho by supplying
the stock in limited quantities to the
people of the state at cost Persons
interested are requested to address F.
G. Miller, school of forestry. nnNef-
sity of Idaho, Moscow.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-01

cars for Belgium, car wheels for South
America, and whole tram line sys-
TENS for the Dutch East Indies, were
some of the orders being filled when
I saw these giant works a few months
ago.
you can picture the size and scope
of this colossal plant when l tell you
that, literally the coal and iron come
in at one end of the flock of factories
and emerge at the other in the form
of finished locomotives. with steam I'D
for testing, or as plows all painted
and ready for the farm. or as the fin
ished nickeled instruments and tools.
aside from its truly amazing in
dustrial aspects with its singuIarly
adequate welfare institutions for aged
and crippled workmen, Essen is only
an overgrown German factory town
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-01

Salt is more valuable than gold in
the Congo and is used as money.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-01
HIGH LINE FOR TAMARAcK.
Confer With Railroad Officials for De-
livery of Ore to Mill.


The visit of j. p. OBmen, general
manager of the O.-W r. & N. and
other officials of the company last
week was for the purpose among 9TH
Ter things of comforting with the Tam
arack & Custer company regarding
the construction of a high line to de-
liver ore to the Tamarack mill at FRS
co. 1t is understood that the lamar
ack management has two plans for the
delivery of ore under consideration.
One is TO build tram from the por-
tai of No. tunnel along the mountain
side to bins above the mill, thus per-
the delivery of ore direct from
mine cars to the mill. The other plan
is by the construction of high line
by the railroad company It is under
stood that the railroad company will
submit estimates Of the cost OF the
high line following which the mining
will reach a decision as be-
tween the two plans. The crosscut
rom No. 6. which is now called Tam
rack tunnel No Z, is being extended |
and il is expected that before |
he year is out it will be in use as the !
main outlet for the Tamarack mine.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-01
FINAL ARGUMENT HEARD
IN DAY-SMITH VS.. HECLA
HEARD ON APPEAL TO SUPREME
COURT OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.

An echo of the famous case in which
the late E. r. Day and Mrs. Sarah r
Smith attempted to prevent the stock
holders of the rSecla Mining company
from ratifying the agreement entered
into by the directors with the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan company for the pur-
chase and operation of the star mine
was heard in the supreme court of the
state Of Washington at Olympia last
week. II has been just about "a year
since the case collapsed in the super
ior court of Spokane through the ut
ter failure of plaintiffs to substanti-
ate the charge of fraud and cOnspir-
acy in connection with the agreement
to purchase. They were equally un-
successful in convincing the cou t
that the Hecla company, which is a
Washington corporation, was barred
from holding stock in another corpor-
alton, and that the agreement
between the Hecla and the
Bunker Hill to vote the stock of the
sullivan Mining company was "a viola
ton of the law The Sullivan Mining
company is the organization under
which the star mine is operated, half
of the stock being held by Hecla and
half by the Bunker Hill and by agree
ment a majority of the board of di-
rectors is named each year alternately
by the holding companies.
Appeal to Supreme Court.
Having lost every contention in the
superior court of Spokane on their
own showing of evidence and before
the Hecla and Bunker Hill had intro
duced any testimony whatever, attor-
neys for the plaintiffs announced that
they would abandon all allegations in
the complaint except the one attack
ing the right of Hecla to hold stock in
the Sullivan Mining company under
the Washington law and the legality
of the agreement for voting Sullivan
stock, and that on these appeal would
be taken to the supreme court. The
hearing on this appeal was held at
Olympia last week, when ex-senator
George Turner, of Spokane; John F.
Gray, of Occur d'Alene; James e.
Clyde, of Wallace and Richard Nuzum,
of Spokane, appeared for the Hecla
and Bunker Hill. The plaintiffs were
represented by Judge Donworth of
Donworth. Dodd & Higgins, of Seat
tie; w. II. Plummer of Spokane; and
John Fl. Wourms, of Wallace. John
c. Higgins who with Mr. Plummer
conducted the trial for the plaintiffs
was not present The oral argument
before the supreme court was made
by ex-senator Turner for Hecla and
Bunker Hill. For the plaintiffs both
Judge Donworth and Mr. Plummer
addressed the court. The case was
taken under advisement and a deci-
sion will be rendered in the regular
course.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-01
MORNING MINE FIRE.
Completely Extinguished and Gas Is
Now Being Expelled.

II was officially stated yesterday
that the fire in the Morning has been
extinguished and that the powerful
ventilating fans are now forcing fresh
air throughout the various levels
which will free the mine from danger
Gus gas. It is expected that this will
be accomplished by Saturday. possibly
before. making the mine perfectly
SAFE and a resumption of operations
will Immediately follow The fire was
discovered Tuesday morning. January
%. In fighting the fire the Federal
company had the assistance OF helmet
men from the Hecla, Hercules. Tam
arack and Bunker Hill. The bureau
OF mines safety car was rushed to the
Morning mine from Butte and the di-
rector in charge of the car and his as
sistants took an active part in the
well directed work that finally ex-
tinguished the fire The mine will be
tested for gas before the
employees are permitted to return to
work.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-01
MINE TAXATION.
Provisions of Bill Now Pending in the
Legislature.

Provisions of Bill Now Pending in the
Legislature.
A bill has been introduced in the
legislature by Representative Williams
Of Minnidoka county. providing for
the taxation of mines on the basis of
valuation. The bill provides as fol-
lows:
"All mines and mining claims both
placer and rock in place, containing
or bearing gold silver, copper, lead,
coal or other valuable mineral or
metal deposits after purchase there
of from the United States shall be
taxed . in proportion to the value
of such mines or mining claims All
machinery used in mining, and all
property and surface improvements
upon mines or mining claims which
have a value separate and independ-
ent of such mines or mining claims.
shall be taxed according to the
value thereof. Provided, that nothing
in this chapter contained shall be |
construed so as to exempt from taxa
ton, improvements. buildings. cree /
tions. structures or machinery placed !
upon any mining claim or used in
connection herewith"