The Wahpeton times. [volume], May 18, 1916, Image 6

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NEW TROUBLE AHEAD
FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS
When the 1915 session of the
legislature passed chapter 254,'
session laws of 1915, they did not
consider the effect which this law
might have on the county tuition
fund for the support of the public
schools.
This chapter forbids any officer
or board having the power to levy
taxes from levying an amount
which is greater than live per cent
for 1915 and ten per cent for 1916
in excess of the levy of 1914. The
purpose of the legislature in pass
ing this law was to prevent extra
vagance on the part, of local tax
ation officials, in view of the fact
that flat raise in assessed valua
tion would be necessary to pro
vide for the appropriations made
by this session of the legislature
for the support of the state gov
ernment.
Very few of the county boards
have paid any attention to this
provision. The Great Northern
railroad proposes to test out the
law. Through their division at
torneys they have brought action
to recover $315 paid under pro
test to the county treasurer of
Grand Forks.
The railroad company alleges
that this amount was in excess of
the tax of two mills provided for
the support of the public schools
and levied in every county—com
monly spoken of as the county
tuition fund.
The Grand Forks county audi
tor levied the usual two mills for
this county. The railroad com
pany contends that this levy pro
duced in excess of 105 per cent of
the amount realized in 1914, and
for the excess in the case of their
own property they are suing.
The case raises a very interest
ing question as the two statutes
are in direct contradiction. If the
contention of the railroad com
pany.is correct every county will
have to refund each taxpayer the
share of this excess beyond the
105 per cent over the amount lev
ied in 1914.
State's Attorney Burt lies* and
Tax Commissioner Geo. Wallace
will appear for the county.
VIRGINIA CREEPER
Virginia Creeper also called
False Grape, American Ivy, or
Woodbine is our best vine. It is
native to the wooded districts of
the state. It. presents some of the
most beautiful leaf colorings of
autumn. It is a rapid grower and
will climb to a height of 30 or
more feet. It wilL not hold to a
smooth wall and when used for
such purposes it requires some
support. However, in those places
it is better to use a variety of this
species, known as Engleman's
Woodbine, which has developed
tendrils that enables it to cling to
a wall.
EIGHT IN FIELD FOR
THREE COURT POSITION8
North Dakota Supreme Court
Fight Divides Interest With
Main Engagement
With eight announced candi
dates for the state supreme court
and with bus three vacancies to
he filled, North Dakota has an in
teresting judicial light.
Chief Justice Charles J. Fisk
and Associate Justices E. B. Goss
and E. T. Burke are members of
the court whose terms expire at
this time, and their successors,
lor six year-terms, will lie chosen
at the general election in Novem
ber.
In the statewide primary of
June i8, six candidates who will
enter the general election cam
paign will be chosen, the law pro
viding for such elemination at a
nonpartisan election, entirely in
dependent of the primaries of the
political parties. This measure
provides that for each supreme
court vacancy there may be two
candidates nominated in the prim
ary election.
One set of candidates is run
ning under the indorsement of the
North Dakota Farmers" Nonparti
san Political League—J. E. Rob
inson of Fargo, R. H. Grace of
.Mohall and Luther E. Birdzell of
Grand Forks. Robinson was a
candidate several years ago, but
l'ailed of nomination though he
had a picturesque campaign.
Burleigh F. Spalding of Fargo,
former chief justice and former
congressman from North Dakota,
is a newly announced candidate.
John C. Adamson of Devils Lake,
formerly of Bottineau, has been
in the Held for some time and is
making an active campaign. Re
ports are persistent fha C. L.
Young of Bismarck, former as
sistant attorney general of the
state, may enter the race.
SHADE FOR CHICKS
Chicks must have shi'.de of some
kiiid. \V hero there are no trees
some kind of shade must, be pro
vided. Acorn field makes a splen
did shade sunflowers will serve,
the purpose of some shelter of.
boards, canvass or straw may be!
provided.
PARIS GREEN HIGH USE LEAD
ARSENATE
Paris green is now at a prohi
bitive price for spraying plants.
Arsenate of lead can be used as
a substitute, however.
Arsenate of lead is sold either
dry or in the from of a paste. Dry,
it costs about 20 cents a pound
and in the paste form it costs
from 9 to 12 cents.
In the dry form it may be used
either mixed with dust or air
slacked lime, the same propor
tions being used as for Paris
green. It may be mixed with
water at the rate of one and a
half pounds of arsente of lead to'
fifty gallons of water.
In the paste form, usually sold,
in small pails, it is to be mixed
with water at the rate of three!
pounds to fifty gallons of water,
As well as being cheaper by
one-third than Paris green, arse
nate of lead may give better re
sults. It. is less likely to burn the
foliage of the plants and stick to
(lie leaves better.
WINTER WHEAT ACREAGE
SHORT PRICES STAY UP
Naturally North Dakotans are
intensely interested in any phase!
of developments which will af-l
led, the price of wheat and in this
connection it. seems fairly welil
assured, according to a special
report from the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States to the!
North Dakota Development
gue Headquarters at Grand Forks
that the winter wheat production
this year will be ppreciably less
than that of 1915 and 1914. In
fact, according to this prediction
it will be below the ten-year av
erage of the decade 1906-1915,
approximately one-third less
than the harvest of 1915, or rough
ly speaking, around 450.000,000
bushels. The Chamber states that
there was approximately at the
time of this survey, April 8th of
this year, 2rt per cent less acre
age standing in wheat then at the
same time last year. The question
of what the price of wheat will be
during the next, six months is one
which will have a profound effect
on the business of the country.
The Chamber forecast, at least:
for the spring and summer, is for
comparatively high prices in
wheat, since at the lime of ob
servation there did not seem to
be any likelihood of the crop ap
proaching the yield of last year.
This estimate is based on a con
tinuation of European hostilities.!
Should peace come, however, and
the Dardanelles are opened, re
leasing what is generally thought
THt WOHHTOW TIMES
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The Most for the Honey in a Magnificant Four
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Wahpeton, North Dakota
to be the accumulated surplus of
wheat in Russia, there would un
doubtedly be a decline in price.
Another factor in the situation
is the large surplus carried over
from last year. The farmer who is
in a position to hold his wheat
will only sell when it reaches a
price in accordance with his
ideas. It is the expressed belief
that a great majority of the far
mers at this time have the ability
to carry their grain for quite a
time if they so wish. Should it
appear, however, with the coming
of peace, that the high price of
wheat is ended for the time being*
it is more than likely that large
holdings will be thrown upon the
market with the effect of further
lowering the price.
The decrease in acreage has
been greatest) in the large wheat
growing states, and particularly
marked in the central west, or,
according to the committee,. Kan
sas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio and Iowa. It is
due to unfavorable weather last
fall during the planting time and
to an unusual amount of winter
killing.
HARDEN TO DEFENSE
OF WILSON POLICY
President Actuated by a Love For
His People, Writes Noted
German Journalist
After figuratively taking the
breath away two weeks
ago by a daring article captioned
"If I Were Wilson," Maximilian
Harden of Berlin, Germany today
returns to an exhaustive defense
of President Wilson, his policy
and the entire American stand
point.
Lea-1public's
Proud to Own Him
In a leader in the Zukunft en
titled "The Real Wilson," Hen
Harden praises President Wilson
as a "man of high moral and high
spiritual character, of whom we
might be proud if he were ours.'"
What the writer characterizes
as "lazy ignorance," is represent
ed as chattering from the mantle
of would-be patriotism, which in
reality has nothing in common
with genuine patriotism when
President Wilson is assailed as
he frequently has been.
Respeet for Foreign People
Ninety-nine one-hundredths of
all the so-called war literature,
Herr Harden continues, should be
sent where it belongs—to the pa
per mills—and the public should
return to books, from which a
wideawake spirit speaks, includ
ing President Wilson's The New
Freedom.
"Then perhaps, pure common
sense will return to you and awak
en you to the duty of respecting
the dignity of foreign people."
"Rrave Opponent of Evil"
Herr Harden follows with a
brief character sketch of Presi
dent Wilson, in which he calls the
President a "brave opponent of
evil and abuses" and alludes to
him as "actuated by a love for his
people and possessed of the will
to lead them (o the heights of his
ideals after they had gotten into
the swamp land."
Should Shame Slanderers
"Germany," he adds, "should be
ashamed of people who slander
him because they have'read cal
umny in newspapers."
In all his controversies with
Germany, says Herr Harden. Pres
ident Wilson has acted from ab
solute conviction. "Dare we mea
sure by a standard of a student's
squabble the complaints of a
great, free nation, led by a man of
the weight and importance of
President Wilson?" the writer
asks.
"If President Wilson, after a
thorough investigation, is con
vinced that warlike acts of Ger
many have broken the laws of hu
manity, it was not only the right
but his duty to talk with clear
ness. He owes this not as a duty to
himself, but to us."
Turning to the position of Chan
cellor von Belthmaun-Hollweg in
the present controversy, Herr
Harden says:
"The daring of the chancellor
must not approximate that of a
submarine commander."
BIG CELEBRATION
AT HANKINSON
Hankinson will celebrate the
Fourth of July—you bet!
Mark the date on your calendar
and plan right now to come—for
no one within a radius of fifty
miles can afford to miss it.
The eagle will scream.
The band will play
There will be fireworks and a
ball game—probably two of 'cm-
Maybe there'll be a balloon as
cension with parachute leap.
Races of all kinds, athletic con
tests. military drill, merry-go
round, speeches, a big bowery
dance—oh, yes! and a bis par
ade.
Nothing like it lias happened in
this part of the state since the
year of the big wind and the win
ter of the green snow.
Your neighbors, their wives,
sweethearts and children are all
coming—you do not want 'to be
left at home alone—'course not.
So come.
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Oh, its going to be a real old
fashioned ring-tailed snorter of a
humdinger, all right. Everything
ever seen at a Fourth of July cele
brat ion will be here—anda lot of
things never seen before-
Don't wait, don't hesitate, but
decide now that you and the en
tire family will be on hand for the
10 o'clock parade and remain for
the fireworks in the evening- it
will be the very busiest and hap
piest day of your life, -not except
ing the day you were married, for
the people of Hankinson are go
ing to show you just how mucu
fun can be crowded into twenty
four hours.—Hankinson News.
MISS BRIGGS TO RETIRE
FROM MILLINERY BUSINESS
Miss L. C. Briggs, who for many
years has been engaged in the
millinery business in this city, has
determined to retire from the bus
iness and will make her home else
where alter this summer.
Last week a deal was closed by
her when her building at 5th St.
and Dakota avenue, better known
as the Briggs block was leased to
Mr Seifert of the New Jewelry
Store-
NEW & IMPROVED NORTHERN
PACIFIC PASSENGER SER
VICE WAHPETON TO ST.
PAUL. MINNEAPOLIS
AND CHICAGO
.May 1st the Northern Pacific
established new and improved
service in the way of an addition
al train leaving Wahpeton at
P- M., arriving at Wadena at
5:50 P. M. This in addition to
the regular train leaving Wahpe
ton at 8:55 A. M. and arriving at
Wadena, 11 :59 A. M. The train
arriving at Wadena at 5:50 P. M.
connects with train No. 14 for
St. Paul and Minneapolis and ar
riving- at Minneapolis 10:05 P. M.
and St. Paul 10:35.
The Wadena to St. Paul train
is an electric lighted train carry
ing lirst-class coaches, dining car
ami parlor observation car.
In addition to this, those pas
sengers going through to Chica
go may connect with Northern
Pacific train No. 4 at Wadena and
arrive Chicago 11:55 A. M., the
following morning. This Chicago
train carries through Pullman
sleepc-s and diner. Passeru-ers
from Wahpeton to St. Paul, Min
neapolis and Chicago will find
this new and improved service
a great convenience.
For additional information,
rates and reservations, telephone
or call on C. N. Mo^es, Local
Agent. Phone 23. adv. 3(