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VOLUME XXX NUMBER
18.<p></p>ROBINSON
Extrvagant expense Bill spells down
fall of Public Ownership, declares
venerable jurist, who sees reason
ir. Kositzky's fight to save something
out of taxpayers dollar—used Fred
Ca*.hro's latest Room and Board Bjll
as subject for Saturday Evening Ser
mon.
"Yes. I'm glad we are soon to have
an xtra. session to make laws regulat
ing the state funds, state industries,
the appropriations and taxes," says
Associate Justice James E. Robinson,
the octogenarian league member of the
North Dakota Supreme Court, in to
day's "Saturday Evening Letter."
"To a great extent." he continues,
Mr. Kositzky. the state auditor is right
in trying to show that taxation and
state expense have been running wild.
Iti time I purpose to write that up and
to give the exact figures that
F. W. Cathro, director general, sal
ary. $10,000 a year.
"August 23 to September 23, room
aiK: board at. the Hotel $157.00.
"Yearly salary of employes appoint
ed under the new regime, $1S5,000.00.
"Appraisement of Drake mill, $5U8.
96.
"It must be that the. Director Gener
al is an awfully wise man with a sal
ary
twice as much as the Governor
an'l the judges of the supreme court.
He knows enough to charge the state
for his room- and board at the Grand
Hotel, while I,—a jurist of fame
and fortune-—go round looking for
crusts to rebuke the high cost of living
Bin in future I may profit by his ex
ample. Then think
Mfil! Would ever any private pur
chaser pay so much for an appraisal?
To make public ownership a success
the. session must arrange to put a
strict limit to salaries and expenses.
public service cannot be made as
cheap and as efficient as private ser
vice, then we must look for the wreck
and ruin of public ownership.
Judge Robinson refers particularly
to the last expense account of P. W.
Ca.thrdo, director general of The Bank
of North Dakota, who draws an annual
salary- of $10,000 as Compared with
$5,000 for J. R. Waters, Manager of the
Bank, and who at the same time asks
the state to pay $157.00, per month
for his living expenses at the local
league hotel $70.50 for his room and
the remainder for meals costing from
70 to 95 cents per each. Judge Robin
son pays less for room and meals and
he pays it out of his own salary as as
sociate justice of the supreme court.
"W. H. Mcintosh of Bottineau, a part
ner of the real estate business with
Mr. Cathro,also appears in the bill at
$150.00 for 10 day's appraisal of farm
loans and $212.00, for expenses.
To show the readers of the Leader
•where and how Justice Robinson se
cured his material for his Saturday
Evening Letter of October 4, a few of
the expenses and salaries of the differ
ent departments and officers of the
state comiled by State Auditor Kposit
s&y, are printed below.
Salaries for the nineteen people em
ployed by the North Dakota Gam© and
sjBHsh Board for the* month of Septem
ber total $1900.00. The expenses for
the same month totaled $2422.03.
'The North Dakota Bahb monthly pay
roll totals $6,848.29, with F. W. Cathro
Receiving $833.33.
I To W. H. Mcintosh, Bottineau, N. p.
Sundry expenses from September 11 to
September 25, inc., for examining and
appraising lands described in forty
-several applications to the Bank of
North Dakota for farm loans. Charged
to the Bank of North Dakota. Meals,
and hotel $43.55, hacks and livery
,,'9167..25, Miscellaneous $1^.50,' total
|f$212.30.
Contract with Bmile E. Watson, of
Columbus, O., for the installation of
the Workman's Compensation Bureau
Pond under the North Dajcota Law.
Salary
to600.00 plus necessary travels
ing expenses.
To Robert T. Muir for 43 day# for at
tending meetings of the! Board of re
gents and to look after aptf*topria,tions
lor the several ^ucation»rin#titvitions
Con.tto.ued an 8
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man
can dispute, and do it especially for
th-? good of the League, because the
League cannot live and prosper with
out reducing taxes and expenses.
•The state expense account—look
hovv- it cimbs up:
MOT TREATY
VOTE BY NOV. I
Senate Hopes to Make Final
Disposition of Pact by
That Date.
SHANTUNG VOTE SOON
Closing of Extra Session f6r Month's
Rest Urged After Treaty Is Out
of the Way—McCumber
Speaks.
Washington. Oct. .—With disposi
tion of the peace treaty expected by
November L, congressional leaders are
discussing prospects ot closing the'ex
traordinary session, which began .May
19, so as io have a month's rest before
c!ie regular December session begins.
OPERATORS TO RUN
to start up some of the works that
munwiHl. HUHllM il» Hn rvHii OHO plllnlh
Quiet Is Restored Following Negro Up-
TnnadtfV it was announced tonieht
hotbed of the disorders that the 500
EARLE
H.
The amendment relating to Shan- difficulty in oversubscribing
tufig is to be taken up at once wiiii I mount-befoie the campaign
a'vote expected in a few days. Amend
in en is by Senators Johnson, Califor
nia, and Moses. New Hampshire. Re
publicans. to equalize votes ot the
kasr.e of nations are to follow. Lead
ers hope that by the middle of next
week nil amendments will be disposed
of Reservations then will be consid
ered.
President Wilson's illness may have
an effect on the treaty situation. It
is not expected to cause any substan
tial delay in considering the pact
while the amendments are before the
acceptable.
McCumber Speaks.
Debate on other treaty controver
sies will continue while the Shantung
amendment' is under consideration.
Senator McCumber, Republican, North
Dakota, spoke in opposition to the
Johnson amendment. Republican lead
er Lodge and Senator Norris. Republi
can, Nebraska, are expected to be the
principal speakers in support of the
Shantung amendment.
Three important bills—for enforcing
prohibition, restoring pre-war rate
making authority to the interstate
commerce commission and to penalize
hoarding and profiteering—are in po
sition for final enactment by congress.
The prohibition enforcement confer-
BANK OFFICIALS ARRESTED
senate, but when reservations are p. p. Thorson of Grand Forks. W. C.
•'cached the President's counsel is IMcDowell of Marion and Thomas F.
deemed necessary, as: Democratic Marshall of Oakes.
leaders have not had opportunity to{
ence agreement has been presented to amend or put through legislation vital
the senate. It has been suggested,
•however, that, transmission of the bills
to the President be deferred until his
condition, i improves. In this connec
tion. the possibility of veto of the in
terstate commerce commission rate
making bill is being discussed.
President and Cashier of Fargo Insti
tution Charged With falsifying. i plumb plan for government, ownership
Fargo. N. D., Oct. ..—Charged with of railroads and advises the farmers
exhibiting false figures to the state i to go slow generally in public owner
banking department for the purpose of f,hiP- Congressman Young contends
... that with the railroads operated by a
deceiving state authorities as to the ac
tW0.thJrds of whom
are made
tual condition of the Scandinavian- i up of wage earners or salaried men
American bank of Fargo, H. J. Hagan, working for the railroad company,
president of the bank, and P. R. Slier- ^a( wages will be greatly increased,
man, cashier, were arrested here. The and as a consequence, freight rates
complaint against the officials of the will be increased. North Dakota far
hauk, which was closed by the state mers. so runs the Congressman's argu
"banking board for alleged insolvency inent. pays freight on his wheat and
was
er of the bank.
The" week will be featured with
i Roosevelt memorial meetings. A ma
i jority of the churches in the state
wjj]
I nited States and.Great Britain in the mons for Sunday, Octotyr 19, and the
,=— tn enrno terminal
s made by P. E. Halldorson, receiv- other produce to some terminal mar
Appeal for M"«n While Unions Prepare home town. In brief, freight is one of
union workers prepared to "dig in" $3,000,000 which they now pay, will be
Jla1f for over
„time
w^at
n|aT1 wbfirft
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THE WASHBURN LEADER
WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919
TOSTEVIN, SECRETARY
(Chief inspector of the licensing dept.)
Bismarck, N. D. Oct. 17--North Da
kota for a number of years the home
of Thodorre Roosevelt, and which
played so important a part in impart
ing certain sturdy characteristics
Roosevelt Memorial drive, which is to
be made the week of October 20-27.
North Dakota's proporition of- the
memorial fund is $60,000, which is only
a few cents per capita, and the general
and county committees anticipate no
this a
is half
I finished.
which were later to make the Rough I Ttobinson exploded a bomb
Rider a world figure, is all set for the!
touch on the drive in their ser
press has liberally contributed its
space to Uie cause.
S. M. Ferris of Dickinson, Roose
velt's associate of the old-time Little
Missouri days at Medora, is state
chairman J. L. Bell of Bismarck is
state treasurer, and George N. Kenis
ton of Bismarck is state campaign
director The state committee in
cludes such men as L. B. Hanna of
Fargo, Usher L. Burdick of Willistori,
hundred soldiers in attendance repre-
senting nearly all local posts of" the
American Legion, the first annual en
campment of the American Legion of
I North Dakota opened this morning in
the Bismarck Auditorium.
i Election of the first set of state of
i ficers, the next meeting place, estab
lishment of a state headquarters, elec
tion of delegates to the national con
vention at Minneapolis opening Nov.
11, are a few of the things taking the
attention of the convention.
Total absence of politics marked the
opening of the convention, and there
was -an absence of any semblance of a
state of officers having been pre
arranged.
The election of a legislative com
mittee and the request of the legis
lature that that body meet with the
Legion committee to discuss, revise.
to soldiers will be one of the main
actions under consideration.
Jack Williams, Fargo, temporary
state secretary, announced that the
number enlisted in the Legion has
reached the 10,000 mark.
Bismarck, N. D. Oct. 17—Consider
I able interest was created at Bismarck
by the published letter of Congress
man Geo. M. Young, written to a
Barnes County farmer, in which he
takes a decided1 stand against the
mar-
ket ui the east and in return pays
freight on everything he consumes in
the way of machinery, building mater-
MILLS iai, groceries, household goods etc.,
from some point in the east to his
for Siege biggest items of expense which the
farmer has.
Under the Plumb plan no taxes will
strike entered upon its third week, ttie bo naid by the railroads and some have aKkeiT
tor a aiege while the steel companies borne largely by the farmer. and if they find them legal and advan
arranged to make, another attempt to This is not the end, according to tageous to their clients the Wall
start lip idle plants. Through page ''onsrressma.n Young. /The United gtreet crowd will talk more business
newspaper advertisements and per- Workers of America desire the appli- Waters
.PP?U the companies ™K&T.i.S Z
for£h efforts to get sufficient men back ,IU
Young's contention appears to be that
the Tj^lumb plan is designed to promote
the welfare of t.he labor organization
as .-against consumers generally, in
cluding the farmer.
s
Bifjjinarck, N. D. Oct. 17- -Judge
le. _£/n.
le
°f 'he crap game
which: the soldiers of Townlev's army
are continuously playing when he
came fright out in bold black print Sat
urday: and declared that he was anx
ious to see the specil session of the
'legislature called because he has lots
ot work for the members to do, in
'clnding the passing of "An Act making
the state auditor a public examiner
who shall make an examintion and
public monthly report on the state
bank,' the state mills and elevators
and'" the public industries. You may
depend on it that the present state
auditor Carl Kositzky is truthful anil
reljahle and he will make no white
washing report."
This statement from a Non-Partisan
judge, coming on, the heels of the at
tempt 'to ride Kositzky for alleged il
legal transfer of funds adds a bit more
fun to the fight. On Monday Oct. 13,
tlie.auditor's books showed $390,619.43
in Unpaid bills with about $4.62 in the
general fund. The employees and the
officers of the board of administration,
ihe ?Paiik of North Dakota, the Indus
trial.'GpmAission, the Highway Com-
1
Home Builders Association depart-.
ments had not as yet been paid "their
September salaries. As Kositzky is a
truthful man by Judge Robinson's
statement, it appears that many will:
be salary-less October 31st.
ing that the bank has paid out more
interest than it has collected. Inter
est paid out amounts to $19,024.49,
while interest collected from banks
which have on re-deposit part of the
State funds amounts to $11,709.57.
There is an item of $47,759.44 earned
interest not yet collected, but the fact
remains that more money has been
paid out in interest than collectec.
Another interesting item which has
been noted is that there are but
$899.00 in individual ceposits, al
though the League papers have print
ed columns about the great amounts
deposited-- by individuals.
Bismarck, N. D. Oct. 17 -State Aud
itor Carl Kositzky on Monday after
noon turned over all the money in the
Terminal Elevator Fund, approximate
ly $100,000.00, to J. A. McGovern,
manager.
The auditor recently refused to turn
over $50,000 in a lump sum to McGov
ern on the ground that vouchers must
be presented before an expenditure
can be made. i
Bismarck, N. D. Oct. 17—The
tract w
hereby
are
worth of state bond„ w*n
of a five day week, with time and a ^'JP' ®ct' Following
and 8 sixty per.
have. been suspended. cent increase in wages. If they de- animously made, that Miss Minnie china has accomplished a ereat
mind this under nrivate ownership Nielson is qualified to hold her posi- 'h'" China lias aecompnsneo a great
NORMAL AGAIN IN ARKANSAS
thev
mine*
To'permU
rising Near Helena. mines, telegraph and telephone lines
one
Hatefta, Ark., Oct. '.—Normal con- and other oublic utilities by the work- District court, who previously had de-,
ditiona have been declared-virtually re ers would mean, in Congressman clared N. C. McDonald did not "have a
stored following the negro uprising Young's judgment, a tremendous fn- leg to stand on in Tiis contention that ln|
laun 18 miles south of Helena last crease in the cost of living to the far- Mtiss Nielson was tegallyejected
mera
3t»te.
of the
(6r Congre8B by the
as well as people generally of and qualiflea. The boaxa of admmis
XfnA
•tcoop^ra on duty in the county psob- keagde and that Governor rrazier ana j-uua.iu, luc »ui» ii.ojwi.u6 '™x. a.hnnia
^Wy wbuld be returned eaie»,.Pike £he League! publications \have come course of stndy in the common ichools
'.VX.
con"
the Bank of North Da-
kota and the Indu8trial
Bankers has beel made pubHc an(I
hag turned aut to have been not a
sa]e an
sale bjng(ng upon tbe
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. —As the steel u certain corporation lawyers in Chi- China out of her difficulties successful-
for
court
certified' rnnlPR1 of *aH ,,
proceedings, documents, etc., °a"
the decision of the supreme court, un-
ln.
would they demand under 'the handed down last Wednesday, the deal, fighting all the time as she has
This is of interest lh view tration among other things done to '°8-
'act that Young was endorsed strip Miss Nielson of all power, has
ung was endorsed strip Miss Nielson of all power, has •—————r———•——-———
The lN
^n-ParS handed to B. P. Cram and N. C. Mc- court. Miss ^lelso^ extends Uie pre
ivernor Frazier and Donald, the work oT preparing the .psration of study courses in the com
|.ne vBttKUB puoiicatiotig have come course of stod/in the coriuaon ichools Sr
,::.v flatfw)M for the Pln^ib systeai. The m^ter caae befo^ t^e 8?R»ii»e ttojwU l»w comes under her supervi-
rated the decision on the- course of study' case against the great odds of Japanese and
Be One
Of A Millio iVWnkers
lb Secure Members for
Tfee AmerkasiRed Cross
Volunteer Now Atsour
Chapter Headquarters
Third Red Cross Roll Call
November
2~
Of Chinese Y
When suffrage in nny forte finally
comes to China Miss Smith f.eels that
It will be granted to both men arid wo
i men because of the way women art*
Bismarck ,N .D. Oct. 17—A perusal helping to build things up now. Worn
of the report of Auditor Kositzky on1 en students took an active part in all
the condition of the State Bank of of this bloodless revolution They hail
North Dakota developes some interest-, their places on all of the councils,
ing figures and facts, among them be-]
Their
This money was collected three, S?»'us for organization. Despite
four and five years ago, for the pur-, poor lines of communication, lack of
pose of building elevators, and thus railroads and telephones, these guilds
far no work has been done by the hold closely together. Vet their organ
state saving the purchase of the Drake ization has nothing to do with caste,
mill. McGovern is under bond of 'With a leadership as highly organ
$100,000. |j,e{1
part of the work was to trans-
late much of the literature into phonet
ic script and when a boycott was de
clared on Japanese goods to begin pro
duction of goods iu China.
"All of the students threw away
their straw hats—purely Japanese
products—at the beginning of their
movement, and the Avoinen sudents
set about making white duck huts,
which were called patriotic hats ami
immediately became very popular.
Then they began devoting thema^ives
to the making of parasols and of tal
cum powder. Some of them paraded
but none was arresred.
"China is the last country in the
world to fear class feeling and antipa
thy, which seems to be gripping the
rest of the world," Miss Smith says.
"In China there is a wonderful social
solidarity. People get together, not so
much by localities, but by trades and
professions. Every one belongs to a
guild, and these guilds are wonderfully
organized, as the Chinese have a
as
,lla(
oi- tjle
I
ns v,,rv
Commission
RS e
[0 have gold $3,000,000
with interest. The five su- European aggression In addition to the
the operation of railroads Preme court justices were unanimous old monarchists party. Given time,
supporting Judge Nuessle of the China will become one of the great (?e-
|ulliCs
students a great
amount can be done. Leading men of
China interpet the student movement
ottmifij-int the forming of a
siginhcant the form.n*, of a
new national party. It is the duty of
otIepf «'l Christian organizations in China to
give these students, who are now the
leaders of the Government, every pos-
option for their sale—the slide bit of aid and Inspiration, as they
approval of ueed more than human help to bring
The Y. W. C. A. Is doing what it
All
of these students have given up their
vacations and are working hard
throughout the' summer."
tllo
Miss Smith has seen China change,
within ten years, from one of the old
est and most rigid monarchies of the
world Into a republic. She saw the
first republican flags go up and feels
of the world, she says.
Mlss
srultli lives In Richmond, Va.,
is tl0me
to
on a year's furlough. She
returnto' China, in the
Largest wid oldest pa
per in Mr 'an Oountv—•
EstablisH-i .-is Thn Times
on May In iss.'! 4
•I* »t» i
SUBSCRIPTION :J.OO PER YEAR.
A NEW STATE =.
TO BE
l-'.'M M.ttif fire
i .Kit a to .' ank v.
Wash hi. !•, i.ei
the in*i '»r- rn.v
porter e: h,
hank, rhe inn
i'ae's about, it
I. Vi
S A E HERE
a n known
Parted in
week !ii! one
known t/ a re
ili- naiin- if the
ami other
The i!i v. hark. v/hi. k
as The Farnti-rs S-itnr
total of stock hoiiii-rs
•il It-- known
Hank. h:t.s a
run 1: ir'tr of
•in men in
of :hc
he I .hitll'in
tl'c haziness
k holders.
MIL: o: most procue
and arianai
taost wi ai'i :'ar:r,i-r
i'.v. as a~ -one
men ot' the teWII ai
The lieu 11*1
_'tl,IHlll IM)
1
a I
i
-.a: ior. of
'.ckev
are
The director- t:.-' *teu hank.
Die Hokar, Osivr Oberg. Hans Fisch
er.
a
mi .! W. Jennings
.Mr. lloka.i, i--i u-.-fod President
Mr Ohort-'. v ... •".•esiij.-r.: Mr Fiflclj
or. *n-! »-r: y.r Vat key. V -i-tant
t'ashier. ami Mr .(,-ntom.-.- a Direitinr.
The directors are prenioieni furmers
of thi section of the oimt. while
,\!r. Fischer, tin ('a.diter. is well
known by the people of 111commun
ity. as he was formerly employed at
'he First Natiur.n.! Rank of this city.
The Assistant Cashier. Mr. Vackey,
needs no introduction, a.-, he is well
known to the people, not. only locally
but all over the county, as he servaa
nearly two terms in the office of
County Treasurer, and is now in '.her
-tore oi the Holf.an Merc. Co.
The hanking rooms will he located
temporarily in a building on Jewel
Ave. am! the officers think that the
floors will be opened for business by
he middle of the month.
in las' week's Leaner in the article
telling of the collection at the Forbes
'iyug Store, we stated that Archie
Falllgren had two souvenirs of the war
which any one would be proud of.
They were twe bullet.-, one that was
.-UDpose-l to have been taken out. or
'.is foot ami :!n- (,'iher out of the hack
of his overcoat, where it had struck.
But our explanation is that Archie
I Faiilgren is not the boy who has the,
l?ULUets". xypd" isfhe the one that exper-
i a 'friend of "M£ Famgren and one Vbo
was in his division during their stay
iu France who arrived at his homo
town. Turtle Lake, on the same day
:hat
Mr. Fahlgren stepped off the
•rain here. He is Max Mathews, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Mathews, who
live near Crooked Lake. As the two
boys arrived home the same day wo
confused the names in' last week's
article and gave Mr. Fahlgren credit,
which should have all gone to Mr.
Mathews.
Another Use for Bunny.
That Belgian hares have other re
sourceful veins than meat producing
remained to be established by an ama
teur Knglish woman fancier. The
"limax of her undertaking was when
she
ii[ioe:tr«d at a larg" pet stock show
in ftugland with a jaunty, becoming
hat, a cout, and a set of furs inade
from rabbit skins, which she admitted
publicly w*«re nothing more than somo
ot her pet rabbits.
In England, rabbit skins a
year are being made over into erxnioe,
Arctic fox a:nd black lynx furs to fool
milady. Before the war such rahbltK
were produced by scores of millions
tn Europe, and vast quantities of the
skins imported to the United States to
masquerade as real fur. American
breeders are raising the same kind of
rabbits that produce the best money
for the fur shops, and it is certain
that as valuable rabbit fur can be pro
duced in America as elsewhere. It Is
a business that can be conducted
every month in the year, and a hobby
that will pay its way is one to be
valued.—Hunter-Trailer, Trapper.
Helping Disabled Officers.
A small settlement of disabled Brit
ish officers has been started at Goatb
land, on the Yorkshire moors, a clergy
man and bis wife having given a
group of nine cottages, with a garden
and orchard, for the experiment. Here
a naval officer and his niece have
started weaving, while a blind officer,
trained at St. Dunstan's, has a poultry
farm. Others are considering the pos
sibilities of beekeeping, fruit growing
and basket making. It is believed that
the same qualities of leadership dis
played on the battlefield can be uti
lized by disabled officers in connec
tion with rural reconstruction in Eng
land.
What to Do With Money.
If any man in this town really has
more money than he knows what to
do with we suggest that he take a
trip through the hospitals of the city
and discover .for himself the crowded
conditions that exist. Personally- we
know of one hospital that needs a new
wing that a few rich inen could build
very, quickly, if they'd get together.
Anyhow what we started to say la
that there's so much needed to be
done that no man .ought to have nm
money that he knows what to do with
•for the want of a worthy cause t*
npehd it in.—-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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