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Thunday, July 18, 1918. DOINGS or Co-operation (Continued from page 6) This law creates a great co-operative system of rural credits, graintingto the farmers of our country the oppor tunity of creating their own credit instrument and wholesaling it in the open markets of the world by means of bonds issued against the mortgage indentures. This system secures for the farmers of our country, money and credit at a very low rate. Speak ing for the Seventh District, which comprises the states of North Da kota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Mich igan, the new system has reduced the average rate of interest on farm mortgages from 8 per cent to 5 1-2 per cent, a saving of 2 1-2 per cent, or over 40 per cent of the now pre vailing rate. Those of you who have studied the problem of land rents and the effect of interest rates on land ownership, will understand and ap preciate what the reduction means. This is not all—the new loans are made for 35 years, repayable on the amortization plan—small semi-annual installments. The installment pay ments are so small that the repay- 'Chain' Tread We VAN LOONS "'WtT, »ri.C RflL. A mioniMT AM»-AI^T«« USIIM Back the Government to the Limit The Government has asked American busi ness to pursue a certain course lor the dura tion of the war. Keep quality up and prices reasonable, —a strictly non-profiteering the the mortgage becomes in effect mere ly a charge upon the land, and it is so regarded in European countries where the system has been in opera tion for a long period. This Rural Credits Act is merely a beginning of the adjustment to our new economic conditions. Laboring men constitute the largest class of individuals in our total population. A co-operative law must be enacted which would give them the oppor tunity to secure funds and build their own homes on the same long-term, low rate, amortization plan. This will no doubt be an accomplished fact in a very short time. The home-own er is the true and reliable and loyal citizen. We have reached the stage now where our individualistic system no longer provides the individual economic opportunity for all so that every man can secure a home. Pres sure of population is ever increasing and a system .of credits must be cre ated so as to still give him this chance. Such a system must be es tablished under governmental control so as to be national and uniform. It would otherwise breed discontent and lead to worse conditions. Another matter of immediate im- policy. It is the only patriotic policy. It is the policy this company has always adopted and the one we will continue to pursue. stand ready to undergo any in order to cooperate with the Government. We believe it is best for ourselves. We know it is best for our country. We appeal to all concerns—big and small— to adopt the same policy. American business must rally as a unit to the support of Government. It is the surest and quickest way to win the war. United States Dres are Good tires sacrifice Royal Cord' 'Nobby' Chain' Usco' 'Plain' Williston Auto & Tractor Co. Stice Hansen Motor Co. VVHN NdT DO V0U ™NK VUHA-r I AM SOME MBCBut kO kADV OV UMB THlNr MN ex»C£T MB. lACK UNPL ONg, OLUX.K ANN IWW portance is the institution of a sys tem of personal credit. In the years gone by the landless and penniless man came forward and the govern ment gave him a homestead—a farm. This established his credit. After that he took care of himself.. We must rot lose sight of this fact. The government can no longer establish the credit of the individual in this manner, so we must deyise new meth ods to cope with the new conditions. A man without money or property has no credit standing, but he' has potential earning power if he is well and strong. His note cannot be dis counted at the bank, but if a hundred such men, regularly employed, sign ed the same note it would be an asset of value and could be negotiated. Ma chinery of credit must be establish ed to care for the wants of labor, and it will be. Industrial laborers can be treated in class divisions. They can be encouraged to save in common and to pool their savings. These sav ings, together with collective credit, would permit them to either pur chase the factories in their given in dustry, or to build new ones. This would give them again the opportu nity to save for themselves all the returns of their labor, less the ex pense of operation. The government may also find it necessary, in time, to take effective steps to control dis tribution. This can be very effec tively accomplished by ascertaining the actual capital investment em ployed next, the total annual out put and gross and net profits. From the gross profits are deducted the not actual expenses—no paadii be illowed- A sjm will be set asHe for wear, tear and depreciation next, a dividend to stockholders not to ex ceed 10 per cent is paid—the balance in peace times to be pro rated to the employees and in war times it should go to the government. Such a sys tem would be fair to capital and la bor and give each a just return. This would be a co-operativc division of profits. If such a plan had been in effect at the present time it would have given the government an income many times in excess of that derived from the present income tax and great enough to largely do away with bond sales, and at .the same time no industry would be injured. In this manner the problems of co-operation will come up from time to time until it becomes a great subject for study, investigation and application in the coming century. I have only hinted of a few of the problems of co-operation. I mention these because they are immeiiately pending for solution. One could go on stating problem upon problem in endless succession that we know will present themselves for solution in our complex economic structure within the next few years. One who does not take up these questions and give them serious study will not under stand the age in which he lives, amid the rapid progress and development which we will experience after the world war. This is what I mean when I state that our individualistic sys tem must and will be modified. If the change is made in this manner we can still retain the best in the system that we have and it would in effect be preserving equal economic opportunity by different methods oc casioned by the new conditions. This would be progress fitting and in keeping with our American life and institutions. It is, however, a fact that progress, either political or economic, meets with opposition.The rule -is that those who are well fixed want to leave well enough alone, as they term it. This is entirely losing sight of the fact that while "well enough alone" is well and rord for those that have, there are countless millions who have nothing and their equality of opportunity is gone. It is a wise statesman who shapes the policy of government so that the po litical and economic rights and con ditions parallel and work in harmony. We still have equal political rights, but economic pressure is taking av/ay from the new generation equality of opportunity. This is plain to every one who has given the subject any thought. As I stated before, the po litical equality and economic equality of opportunity are so interwoven in our national structure that it is hard for the average citizen to distinguish the difference and as the pressure of population increases and the standard of living decreases, he is apt to begin to think that his personal liberty is infringed upon. This would indeed be a dengerous state of affairs in a democracy, and must be avoided at all events. Fortunately all these problems can be solved if we will take them up and WILLISTON GRAPHIC I'M- »A OUT VBR1 lAte. vwe A JOLJLS -TIME recognize their importance and give them serious study. Unless we find a solution through a modification of the present system by co-operation, there will be another solution forced upon us by the institution of the so cialistic state. This is unavoidable. In recent years we have heard mu':h of socialism and the socialistic state, the ideals of a regenerated society based on a policy of leveling every thing through government ownership and control. This philosophy emanated from Germany. Karl Marx was the founder of this particular brartd of thought. Since his time the learned professors of the German universities have amplified and extended his ideas so as to develop this subject into a new economic school. The pupils of Karl Marx have gone far afield and in recent years the Germany autocracy has made use of this philosophy of government as its most deadly weapon in its widespread campaign of propa ganda to weaken and destroy other nations. A srreat many good, honest and sin cere people in every land have ac ccpted this new gospel in good faith and sincerely believe that most, if rot all of the ills of their respective governments can be cured by adopt ing this system. It is safe to say that the peoples of every iand believe more or less in these doctrines except the Germans who originated them and preached their adoption. Every system of government has its good and its evil qualities and tendencies This we find is true of socialism. We have already adopted some socialistic practices, such as a national mail service, public school system and oth ers less pronounced. We will in the future no doubt accept and adopt oth er theories of socialism and put them into practice when we are fully con vinced of their real value. It would not be right to condemn any system in its entirety. We have the privi lege and the right to study them all and to take from any one principles that are sound which would tend to make for real progress. On the other hand the philosophy of socialism has its real dangers that every free man must know and guard against. In an absolute monarchy like Germany, socialism could be adopted and carried to its highest state of development. The real dan gers lurking in this system would not manifest themselves. The govern ment is carried on by a class whose business it is to govern. This class is also hereditary. Business and ernment would never mix. In a de mocracy this is different. Here the same people would control both in dustry and the government. Industry divides itself into great divisions and classes. Each class would naturally try to gain the advantage, resulting in wholesale confusion and final anarchy. We have organizations now calling for legislation fixing working hours and minimum wages, without regard to the productive power of la bor for such few hours of work per day, and the effect this would ulti- mately have on the total production and the standard of living. Suppose, for the sake of argument, a law was enacted limiting working hours for all to four hours per day. Would any sane person argue that under such conditions enough could be produced to maintain our present standard of living? The result of such a law would be starvation. For a hundred years we have lived well and worked less for what we have enjoyed than any other people on earth, in this or any other perioi. That is explained by our wonderful natural resources which we have enjoyed and abused. In the next century we will work harder and enjoy less. The socialistic state tends to selfishness, work less, work fewer hours—and thi3 would tend to decrease production at the very time when emphasis should be placed on increased production in or der to meet the increased demand of increased numbers. If industry was leveled through governmental own ership and control, no prooer distinc tion would be made between the able man and the inefficient man, or be tween the industrious and the indo lent. You thereby destroy the initia tive to work, to strive, to save and to deny in order to achieve. The per sonality of the individual is lost in the mass, the progress thereby re tarded. Individual liberty and pa triotism are stifled and deadened and the individual citizen becomes a mere creature in a mass of creatures Have we any right to assume that such a people could meet world competition and survive? The system carried out to its absolute ultimate and logical end would lead straight to anarcby. Anarchy is a term that we have known for long, but lately we have Of OOttTM tl N*W i»A Jwrr MCW.T Attfvt VtUT tAT*. CMUIflM TH«VlV*l RIMIMHA VJW 5yS?r S* *7auiTT W*.V«- have \t-ONS SESSION O^CKl®BA.S. «M covvr* A NO 1*1-1. THO. CAAOS gov heard of a new term—"organized anarchy," as if such a thing were possible. The socialists and anar chists are at opposite extremes in their governmental theories. One be lieves in a government that own3 and controls all, both civil control and protection of life and property, as well as economic ownership and con trol of all industry, while the other believes in no government whatever, in the accepted meaning of that term. Yet we find everywhere that anarchists work with the socialists. It would seem, therefore, that of the two classes the anarchists have rea soned the furthest. They ha.-' comc to the conclusion that the establish ment of the socialists state would be the surest meant of bringing about their dreams— anarchy. The great world war now raging is teaching hu manity many valuable lessons. Rus sia affords a good example for the case in point. There we had the three classes the aligarchy, represented by the Czar and the governmental class the socialists ,and the anarchists. When the monarchy was overthrown, it was accomplished by the socialists representing the great mass of Rus sian society, assisted by tho Bol sheviki—the anarchists. The social ists assumed the reins of government and failed, as it was inevitable that they must fail, and then came anarchy and the Bolsheviki came into power. Instead of fighting the enemy invad ing the land, they are looting and murdering their own citizens and sell ing their daughters to barbarians as slaves. The same is true of Finland. God forbid that any other land should be so misled by false theories of gov ernment and suffer such terrible agonies. As for us, we have justice, liberty and equality. Let us preserve them as our very soul. Brave men suffer ed and died that we may have these blessings future generations of our own flesh and blood demand of us that we be true to the trust imposed in us so that they also in their brief journey on earth may experience the blessings of democracy. Let us there fore preserve and cherish the good that we have maintain the principle of individual liberty and the principle of individual, equal, economic oppor tunity. Our individualistic system modified by the principles of co oper ation will do this. The future is bright with possibilities of progress. Hope beckons with full assurance there is a middle road of safety." NOTICE OP MORTGAGE: FORK CLOSURE: SALIC Notice la hereby given that that cer tain mortgage executed and delivered by Harald Kjorstad (single), mort gagor, to Johnson Van Sant Co., a cor poration. mortgagee, dated the 25th day of March, 1908, and filed for record in the office of the Register of Deeds of the county of Williams and state of North Dakota on the 27th day of March, 1908, and recorded In Book 26 of mort gages at page 558, and assigned by said mortgagee to M. E. Nlles, 606 Northwestern Bank Building, Minne apolis, Minn., by written Instrument duly recorded, will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises In such mortgage and hereinafter described, at the front door of the court house in the county of Williams and State of North Dakota 19th day of August, 1918, to satisfy the amount due on such mortgage on the day of sale. The premises described in such mortgage and whic hwill be in such mortgage and which will be as follows:— hour of ten o'clock A. M. on Davies, a dltfmnM wbiif Father Is NOTICE OF MORTGAGE the Lots three, four, five, eleven and twelve (3, 4, 5, 11 and 12), of Section four (4) in Township One hundred fifty-two (152), Range One hundred (100), all in the county of Williams and state of North Dakota. There will be due on such mortgage at the date of sale the sum of seven teen and 40-100 dollars ($17.40). Dated this 11th day of July, 1918. M. E. Nlles, Assignee of Mortgagee. I. C. Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee, Bismarck, North Dakota. 4-6t. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Williston, N. D., July 9, 1918. NOTICE is hereby given that Alock J. Alleckson, of Williston, N. D., who, on Jfllv 2!), 1015, made Homestead entrv serial No. 021595, for SE 1-4 SW 1-4, Section 33, Township 154 N., Range 100 W., W. of the 5th P. Mer idian, has filed notice of JntentJon to make three vear Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, be fore The Register & Receiver. IT. S. Land Office, at Williston. N. D., on the 12th day of August, 1918. Claimant names as witnesses: Aleck Thompson, Ole Bryn, Fred Fry. Erwin Erickson, all of Williston, N D. 4-'et w. E. Byerly, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Williston, N., D„ July 8 191S. NOTICE is hereby given that Wil liam Mahana, of Buford, N. D„ who, on Dec. 12. 1916, made Homestead entrv, serial No. 021577 for W 1-2 NW 1-4, "W 1-2 SW 1-4, Section 32, Town ship 153 N.. Range 102 W., 5th P. Mer idian, has filed notice of intention to make three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, be fore Register and Receiver, U. S. Land Office, at Williston, N. D., on the 12th day of August, 1918. Claimant names as witnesses: William Mundy, Charles Saunders, both of Williston, N. D. Andrew Dejarlias, Alice Axelson, both of Bu ford. N. D. (Signed) W. E. Byerly. 4-6t. Register. Claimant names as witnesses: Harry Amsterbery, Ward Balllette, Oden Christianson, all three of Bu ford, N. D. Stephen Frallck, of Baln vllle, Mont. 2-6t. W. F. Byerly, Register. 4—315. Notice For Publication COAL ENTR\ (Sec. 2347. R. S.) Land Office at Williston, N. D., May 28 1918 Notice Is hereby given that Edward 8. Lovejoy of Williston, County of Williams, State of North Da kota^ has this day filed in this office Application to Purchase, under the provisions of section 2347, U. S. Re vised Statutes, the Coal Deposits only In the NE 1-4 SW 1-4, N 1-2 SE 1 Pl|f Sitw FORE- Cl.OM RK SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that that certain mortgage executed and delivered by JAMES KENNEDV and MARY KENNEDY, husband and wife. Mortgagors, to WELLS AND DICKEY COMPANY, a corporation, mortgagee, dated the 11th day of March, A. D. 1913, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Williams Coun ty, North Dakota, on the 22nd day of July, A. D. 1913, at 11:12 o'clock A. M. in book 8 of Mortgages, page 287, will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises covered by said mortgage and herein after described, at the front door of the court house in the City of Wlllls ton. County of Williams, State of North Dakota, at two o'clock P. M. on Monday, the 29th day of July, A. D. 1918, to satisfy the amount due on •aid mortgage on the day of sale. The premises described in said mort gage and which will be sold to satisfy the same are as follows: The North Half of the Northwest Quarter (N 1-2 NW 1-4 of Section Eight (8) In Township One Hundred Fifty-eight (158) North of Range Ninety-five (95) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian in Williams Coun» ty, State of North Dakota. The Mortgagors having failed to pay an installment of Eight and 12-10* Dollars ($8.12) due on said mortgage on the 1st day of April, A. D. 1918 and having also failed to pay an In stallment of interest in amount Six teen and 25-100 Dollars (116.25) and the principal of Six Hundred Fifty Dollars (1650.00) due on April 1st. 1918 on a prior mortgage, which Interest and principal of prior mortgage have been paid by the Mortgagee herein, f1"" Mortgagee hereby declares default. There will be due on said mortgage on the day of the sale (including the amount paid on prior encumbrances) the sum of Seven Hundred & Eighty nine Hundredths Dollars ($700.89), to gether with statutory attorney's fees, and the costs and disbursements of this foreclosure. Dated this 6th day of June, A. A D. 1918. WELLS AND DICKEY COMPANY. Mortgage.* HAGER AND COR WIN, Attorneys for Mortgagee. 1 52-7t. Grafton, North Dakota. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U. S. Land office at Williston, N. D., June 28 1918 NOTICE is hereby given that Johan na Peterson, formerly Stamstad, of Williston, N. D., who, on June 6, 1913 and Sept. 12, 1913 made Homestead entry, No. 018563 & 019526, for SE 1-4 NE 1-4, E 1-2 SE 1-4, SW 1-4 SE 1-4, SE 1-4 SW 1-4, Sec. 23, NE 1-4 NE 1-4, Sec. 26, S 1-2 SW 1-4, Section 24, Town ship 153 N„ Range 101 W., 5th P. Mer idian, has filed notice of intention to make three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, be fore The Register & Recelvr, U. S. Land Offlc, at Williston, N. D., on the 29th day of July, 1918. Claimant names as witnesses: Martin Samstad, Paul Paulson, K. S. Rollie, Charlie Carlson, all of Willis ton, N. D. 2-6t. W. F. Byerly, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Williston, N. D., June 17, 1918. NOTICE is hereby given that Leander I. Parrent, of Williston, N. D., who, on June 19, 1915, made Home stead entry, serial No. 021520, for SE 1-4 NW 1-4, Section 23, Township 154 N., Range 104 W., 5th P. Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before The Regis ter and Receiver, U. S. Land Office, at Williston, N. D., on the 2nd day of August, 1918. 1-4, of Section 10, Township 154 N., Range 100 W. 5th P. M. Any and all persons claiming ad versely, the lands described, or desir ing to object for any reason to the entry thereof by the applicant, should file their affidavits of protest in this of fice during the 30 day period of publi cation immediately following the first printed issue of this notice, otherwise the application may be allowed. 62-5t. W. E. Byerly, Register. NOTIE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U. 8. Land Office at Williston, N. D., June 24. 1918 NOTICE is hereby given that Carrie A. Hanson for the heirs of Jac°b Anderson, deceased, of Williston,.N. D., who on May 19. 1915, made florne stead entry, serial No. 021382. for Lota 4 & 5 SE 1-4 SW 1-4, S 1-2 SE 1-4 ot Sec. 7, T. 152 N.. R. 102 W., and Lot 5, Sec. 12 and Lots 1 & 5. SE 1-4 NE -4 nw 1-4 SE 1-4. Section 13, Town* ship 152 N\, Range 103 W., 5th P. Mer idian, has filed notice of make three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described be f/\rp R^irister and Receiver, u. o. Land Office, at Williston. Norlh Da kota, on the 6th dav of August, 1918. Claimant names as witnesses: Gunder Aamodt, F. S. Roe, both of Alexander. N. Dak. C. W •Hanson, Paul Leon hardy, both of W^ston^ W.^ NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of John Honek, Deceased. Notice is hereby given by the under signed Joe E. Honek, Administrator of the Estate of John Honek late of the township of Missouri Ridge in the County of Williams and State of North Dakota, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against, said deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this no tice, to said Administrator at the office of Ernest A. Francis, attorney for said administrator in the City of Williston in said Williams County. Dated June 20th A. D. 1918. Joe E. Honek, Administrator. First publication on the 27th day of June A. D. 191S. Ernest A. Francis, attorney for ad ministrator, Williston, No. Dak. 2-4t.