The evening times. [volume], February 21, 1907, BLOCKADE EDITION, Image 2

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Balance on hand in
county treasury Jan.
1st, 1907
Casb on hand Jan.
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Not one dollar of bonded in
debtedness.
The above shows in a nutshell the
financial condition of Grand Forks
county and the figures as laid down
above belie any statements that this
section feels the need of eastern mon
ey. Grand Forks county is in excel
lent financial condition, better than
at any previous time in its history.
In the annual report compiled up
to Jan. 1, 1907, and recently given
publication every item of money ac
cruing to the county treasurer from
all sources and all moneys paid out
as well as cash on hand, is summar
ized.
As shown in the heading above the
balance of all funds in the county
treasury on Jan. 1, 1906, was $99,
345.05. Since that time during the
subsequent twelve months, money to
the amount of $615,099.02 was col
lected in making a total to account
for of $714,444.07. The expenditures
from this amount were $606,413.10,
leaving a credit balance on Jan. 1,
1907, of $108,031.88.
A Fargo Misstatement.
In the report ot the Cass county
financial condition as published in the
Forum of a recent date it was stated
that the cash balance at the end of
the year 1907 was $164,673, and that
as the bonded indebtedness of Cass
county was only $42,000, this left a
balance of over $120,000 clear. The
inference drawn is entirely erroneous
for as a matter of fact but a small
portion of the cash balance of $164,
673 belonged to the county, the sum
toeing made up of state, city, school
and township funds which are kept
In the county treasury.
Grand Forks county has not a dol
lar of bonded indebtedness and has
a cash credit in the bank of $20,176.91.
this sum being the county's share of
the $108,031.88 on hand Jan. 1, 1907.
Receipts State Funds.
The receipts during the year to
Colgate Man Suggests
Inter-change of Gars
H. B. Bornemann Has Hit Upon a Plan to Relieve Freight
Congestion and at the Same Time Benefit the
Small Shippers.
The plan of interchange of cars as
suggesed by H. B. Bornemann of Coi
gae has met with a popular chord
among the shippers throughout the
state and his plan has reached the in
terstate commerce commission which
in a re re iv a a
the plan as outlined by the Colgate
business man will be looked into anil
there is a possibility of the plar. being
adopted and put in operation -.hrough
out the United States.
Mr. Bornemann has advanced sev
eral good theories upon the question of
relieving the congested conl'tiorc
throughout the country and he b.i.« :-i
so taken a decided stand against reci
procal demurrage.
That the interstate commerce com
mission is interested in the plan of
Mr. Bornemann is manifested in the
letter he received from Attorney John
R. Marble of the commission.
The' letter is as follows:
... Washington, Feb. 13, 1907.
H. B. Bornemann, Esq., Colgate, N.
D.—Dear Sir: This is to acknow
ledge receipt of your letter of the 9th
nst., with clipping from The Fargo
Forum of the 2d Inst I am especially
interested in your criticism of the re
ciprocal demurrage plan and also in
your view that interchange of cars
would tend to prevent monopoly at
the large markets. This is a new
sdge»tie»n ar.l seems to me to be of
I have taken the liberty of bringing
your letter to the attention of Com­
v.
J. P. T. O'Connor
FORKS COUNTY IS VERY GOOD
According to Figures in Treasurer's Office There is All Kinds
of Money Available—Balance on Hand at
Beginning of the Year.
$ 99.34S.05
108,031.88
which the state baa title include $42,
445.08 for the state general fund tSie
apportionment fund of $59,574.74 the
state bond interest fund of $3,313.84
county tuition fund (2 mill and poll)
$26,681.71 $5,787.85 for school land
lease $13,011.21 for school land sale
interest on land sale of $8,607.12
state wolf bounty $2,223.38 money
for the state educational institutoins
amounting to $11,126.49 asylum bond
sinking fund $16.09 and the regular
bond sinking fund of $163.66.
The principal receipts tor the coun
ty funds were as follows: county
general fund $83,401.27 county road
and bridges $25,163.84 county redem
tion $16,016.59 and the penalty and
interest $11,011.05.
City and Otter Money.
The Grand Forks city general fund
amounted to $79,512.12 while other
Grand Forks moneys paid in at the
treasurer's desk were: special sewer
$13,629.78 paving $20,467.35 park
district So. 1 $13,329.61 road and
bridge $6,667.35 sidewalks $381.25 and
water mains $1,054.31.
The Larimore money figured up to
$7,160.53. Northwood had $2,715.36
coming from the treasurer Reynolds
$229.00, Inkster $1,480.53, while the
school districts' money amounted to
$119,588.60, and the townships $29,
168.63.
The Expenditures.
The expenditure items may be clas
sified in three sections—state, county
and Grand Forks city—these being
the principal drains on the treasury.
The state general fund drew $43,
164.42 the general apportionment
$59,151.58 the county tuition (2 mill
and poll) $27,237.38. interest on school
land sale $11,308.02 educational in
stitutions $11,344.41.
The expenditures to the county of
Grand Forks were $79,626.32 road and
bridge $25,418.79 redemption $16,
626.16 the penalty and interest $11,
089.35.
The principal moneys paid out to
Grand Forks city were as follows:
general fund $80,086.07 paving $20,
705.49.
The townships got their share of
$29,042.53 while the school districts
constituted one of the main causes of
the rapid depletion of the funds in
the treasury, money paid out to these
districts amounting to $121,793.03.
missioners Knapp, Lane, and Harlan,
and also of Mr. Arthur Hale of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, who is
now engaged in starting a car pool,
or car clearing house, with headquar
ter at Chicago. From this experi
ment I hope.that much real relief will
?ni".j to the shippers who now suffer
f'r l.o:
of :doiiife transper.stion
facilities.
1 thank you for your promise to
write from time to time concerning
the situation as you see it there.
Very truly yours,
John H. Marble.
Mr. Bornemann had the following to
say on his plan:
John II. Marble is attorney for the
interstate commerce commission who
prepared and conducted all the exam
inations into methods of the trusts,
car and fuel trouble. I have written
a few articles on the subject of inter
change of cars. Please allow me to
rehash it again, the benefits derived
from interchanging of cars are as fol
lows: A shipper should be allowed
the convenience to bill a'loaded car
to any destination he chooses or the
shippers commission firm to reblll to
any point where he is able to better
the price, for Instance, to Faribault,
St. Peter, Winona or some large east
ern city. The railroad or railroads
that this car travels over must fur
nish each other with a car to take
the place of the loaded one. By in
terchanging the cars It will stop cen
tralizing business, under the present
style of selling our produce or any
J. K. Murraj
commodity, that we raise, goes to the
large terminal, we are compelled to
sell them, they reship and require an
additional profit that rightfully be
longs to the grower, and after a care
ful study you will readily see that
interchange of cars will tend to pre
vent monopoly because it brings all
the large terminals in a stiff compe
tition with the small cities and villages
and in return these small cities and
villages can ship us lumber, brick, ma
chinery or any commodity that we use.
It's the duty of our law makers to
study the subject, interchange of cars
and its benefits instead of the old
chestnut, two cent passenger rate bill
which is about as valuable to a farmer
and our country merchant as a dead
horse, or if one is in Fargo to go to
Moorhead for a beer, thoBe that re
ceive the benefit are the large whole
sale merchants. International Harves
ter Trust Co., Lumber companies, line
elevators, and all the known trusts
that now exist.
I would like to see the old joint
western classification that was in
force in the latter 70's and early 80's
dug up and brought into use, with our
present rate, it would mean thousands
of dollars in the hands of our farmers
and local merchants, let the railroads
have the three cent passenger rate,
passenger trains area luxury, study
the subjects Interchangeable and
freight classifications and use the same
fighting energy that is being displayed
on the 2 cent passenger rate, what a
beautiful (Geo. F. Baer revenge) to
cut your nose to spite your face was
done in Pennsylvania. The masses
of Pennsylvania will not receive any
benefit, but a few only. Reciprocal
demurrage is a mistake, penalty for
I failure to furnish empties and the
speed of the loads per diem can be
applied in a federal law for inter
change of cars.
As an independent shipper for near
ly twenty years with my railroad ex
perience, agent and operator, I am
convinced that interchange of cars
will give the small shipper an equal
show, with the larger ones. A line
elevator company is not complete un
til they have fifty elevators strung out
through the country with a large ter
minal elevator and commission busi
ness in connection at large terminals
such as Duluth or Minneapolis, how
out of place it looks, for a lot of in
dependent and farmers elevators to
sell to these same companies terminals
that they are in opposition with, the
resolutions prayed for by the inde
pendent shippers at their late tri-state
convention in Fargo, should be con
sidered and not reciprocal demurrage
with such men behind the wheel as
Mr. Marble and if the shippers and
merchants will send petitions as pri
vate letters to members of the legis
latures and congressmen for federal
interchange of cars and federal inspec
tion, we will be a success and the
trusts a failure. Yours Respectfully,
—H. B. Bornemann.
SEEKS HER SON.
McClusky, S. Dn Woman Fears Her
Son Hag Met Death.
An aged mother living at McChisky,
N. D., seeks 'the aid of the Minneapolis
branch of the Salvation Army in lo
cating her son, Nils Paulson, 22 years
of age, who was last heard of by letter
from Minneapolis two years ago. At
that time he was working at odd jobs
in the city, and wrote that he was pre
paring to ship to Smuggler, Col., to
work in the mines. The mother fears
that all is not well with her son. Up
to the time oif his last letter he had
been regular about writing, and was in
the habit of sending money for the
support of the mother and three sis
ters.
COFFEE CROP PAYS.
North Dakota Fanner Will Grow for
Market This Year.
Williston, N. D., Feb. 21.—E. W. Jef
freys, who lives a few miles west of
this city, has started a new industry
for North Dakota. He is exhibiting
samples of coffee grown on his farm
in this county last summer. The vari
ety is that known as Japanese coffee,
the berry being more round than the
ordinary coffee shipped into this coun
try.
Coffee made from the North Dakota
berry is of fine flavor and has been
pronounced as good as the best Java
and Mocha blends. The indications are
that Mr. Jeffreys has started a crop
that will prove profitable in this state.
Last season's crop was merely ex
perimental and amounted to only twen
ty-five pounds. This year more of the
plants will be cultivated, and it is ex
pected that by the time they come
into bearing that the crop will be of
sufficient size to have commercial
value.
When a woman says she has confi
dence in her husband it may be for
publication only. v. v\ not as a guaran
ty of good faith.
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THE EVENING TIMES, GRAND FORKS, N. D.
Don Foru.
On next Monday evening there will
be decided at the Presbyterian church
in Grand Forks, a most important
matter concerning the North Dakota
oratorical contest. The matter to be
decided is the naming of the repre
sentative of the North Dakota univer
sity. and the fight for the honor of
representing that institution will be
a hard one.
There are seven candidates for the
honor, each of the five university 'lit
erary societies being represented, and
there are contestants at large. The
program has been arranged, and ev
erything is in readiness for the con
test
This contest is held, for the pur
pose of selecting the representative
of' the university to contest in the
North Dakota oratorical contest, which
will be held this year in Grand Forks
on Feb. 12. Heretofore each institu
tion in the state has had two repre
sentatives, but on account of the ad
mission of the School of Science of
Wahpeton into the association, it was
decided to have only one contestant
from each institution, as a program
with ten speakers would be too long.
The five institutions in North Dakota
represented in the North Dakota ora
torical league are the University,
Wesley college, Fargo college, Agri
cultural college and the State School
of Science of Wahpeton. The latter
was just admitted to membership dur
ing the last year, and the contest this
year will be the first one in which
they have been represented.
Wesley college of Grand Forks has
charge of the arrangements this year
tot the state contest Last year the
contest was at Fargo, and the year
before the university had charge of
the arrangements. The committee of
Wesley college will do its best to make
the state contest a success, and are
already laying plans for the affair.
In the university local contest, the
contestants will be J. K. Murray,
Herman Lee, Arthur Netcher, Wil
liam C. Husband, Don Ford, J. F. T.
O'Connor and Thomas G. Johnson.
J. K. Murray is the representative
of the Forum literary society. Mr.
Murray is one of the strongest de
baters of the society and this year
'he made a splendid showing in the
inter-society debate against the Adel
phl. 'Mr. Murray is a good speaker,
and will prove to be a strong con
testant.
Herman Lee, representing the Phi
lomethian is looked upon as one of
the strong candidates. He 'will speak
on "The Peasant Count" Mr. Lee
was a member of the Philomaitfoian de
bating team in a recent match, and
as leader of his side, he made a good
showing.
Arthur Netcher will appear as the
representative of the A. D. T. He
has also been Identified more or less
with debates, and is considered to be
one of the best orators in his society.
Ad Altiora will be represented by
William C. Husband. Last year Hus
band took six first places in oratori
cal contests. 'He Is a member of the
Montana debating team, which appear
ed at Bismarck last night in the
house chamber.
Don Ford is to represent the Adel
phi society. Ford has achieved a
good record since coming to the uni
versity, being the 'Winner in the main
declamation contest last year. "Pio
neers of North Dakota" is the sub
ject spoken on by this speaker.
J. F. T. O'Connor and Thomas G.
Johnson are the representatives at
large of the student body. The first
named has always been closely iden
tified with the oratorical and debat
ing work at the university. He is an
official of the North Dakota oratorical
league. T. G. Johnson, the other
member at large, has had little ex
perience in the work, but he is a
good speaker and is entering the work
with enthusiasm.
There will be two prizes offered
for the first two in the contest. Pres
ident Merrifield gives these prizes, and
they consist of a $30 and $20 purse.
FLAYS THE ML DEALERS
Conrtenay Man Says L. W. Hill Struck
Resonant Note When He Re
ported Coal Combination.
When Vice President Hill of the
Great Northern reported, from Devils
Lake, a combination among retail coal
dealers, he struck a resonant keynote.
Manifestly the retail and wholesale
coal dealers are in a very harmful
combination against the consumer. In
the late summer of 1904 the writer
made a futile effort to buy his coal by
the carload of the 'wholesale houses.
He wrote to Duluth and Minneapolis
wholesale dealers to buy hard coat by
the carload. In every Instance I was
refused coal because I was not a deal­
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er, and respectfully referred to the
then two firms in Courtenay who sold
that commodity. These letters read as
if I was ignorant of the fact that two
line companies dispensed coal here.
How did that leave me? In the plight
of having to buy my fuel of local deal
ers and pay their prices. I had no al
ternative, their grip was so tight and
far reaching.
If these coal combinations were not
of so long standing and so Impervious
and inexorable, much of the present
suffering from the coal famine in the
northwest would never have been upon
us. Farmers and other consumers
would have joined, to a large extent, in
laying in their supply of fuel when It
was obtainable and cheaper during the
late summer. This practice obtained
to considerable extent in former times
in many places, but it is now cut off
by. the dictum of combination.
Have Broad Scope.
All, and more, that I have said about
coal combines in business ways, bar
ring discomforts and freezing to death,
may be truthfully said about combines
between the wholesale and retail lum
ber dealers. These combinations are
interstate in their scope and opera
tions, and should be investigated by
the interstate commerce commission
or the department of commerce and la
bor. The lumber octopus is appalling
in its power, its operations and its
grip on the ptlblic. Nearly two years
ago the welter spent considerable time
in trying to find an independent whole
sale lumber dealer on the sound and
at Spokane, but in vain. He could buy
millions of lumber laid down here if he
would enter the trade—start a yard.
He easily secured prices. He could
buy millions of dimension stuff f. o. b.
cars at Courtenay for $17.50 per 1,000.
Courtenay yards were selling the same
lumlber at retail' at $20 per 4,000. He
was offered "Star A Star" shingles f. o.
b. here at $2.10 per 1,000, and the same
shingles were selling at the local yards
at $3.75 per 1,000. Courtenay yards
were not exceptional In their prices.
They prevailed throughout the state
practically.
Lumber and coal should be sold in
car-load lots, without discrimination,
to any party who will pay the cash for
them. Refusal to sell to any and all
parties alike, for cash, by the car load
Is discriminatory. The federal author
ities should investigate and' reform
these inequalities.
Judges by Vote of Four to One
Decided in Favor of
North Dakota.
The representatives of the Univer
sities of North Dakota and Montana
met last night on the debating plat
form in the house chamber at Bis
marck. By a vote of 4 to 1 the judges
decided in favor of the North Dakota
debaters, Harry H. Cooper, Wm. Hus
band and Dan V. Brennan.
The fight was over the question:
"Resolved, that the railroads of the
United States should be owned and
operated by the federal government,"
the Montana debaters endeavoring to
show wherein such a step would be
entirely within reason and practica
ble. The debaters of the North Da
kota institution had the negative side
and the decision of the judges shows
with what thoroughness this side was
canvassed.
The judges were Speaker Twitchell,
Lieut. Gov. Lewis, Senators Cashel,
Crane and Purcell with Gov. Burke
presiding.
All the orators acquitted them
selves creditably and were roundly
cheered by the people thronging the
house chamber and galleries.
After the debate the speakers and
judges were guests at an elaborate
banquet at the Northwest hotel.
A visiting bishop in Washington
was arguing with a gentleman friend
of his on the desirability of attending
church. At last he put the question
squarely:
"What is your personal reason for
not attending?"
The gentleman smiled In a no-of
fence-intended way as he replied:
"The fact is one finds so many
hypocrites there."
Returning the smile the bishop said:
"Don't let that keep you away
there Is always room for one more."
Herman Lee. Thomas G. Johnson.
C. A. Sanford.
Courtenay, N. D.
UNIVERSITYWON THE
DEBATE WITH
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Washington, Feb. 21.—The congress
of the United States is in a hole! If
is a hole of their, own digging, pre
pared for the deliberate purpose of
preventing legislation of an "obnox
ious" nature, as predicted several
weeks ago. Members of congress come
here in the Call full of hope, ambition,
and often with a genuine desire to do
that which the people of the country
are "demanding.". But there are other
considerations than the "desires" of
the people, and In the end the mem
bership of both branches of congress
are made cognizant of the fact
But few measures are advocated in
the national! capitol that do not affect
"business interests," and business men
—particularly political business men
—know how to attain to that which
they most desire. There is no graft,
no buying and selling of votes—that
is left for the lesser political lights
termed ward healers. But campaign
subscriptions, positions on the direc
torates of different companies, all have
an important bearing on the subject
It is comparitively easy to swing sen
timent in regard to any measure by
the statement of one side of the ques
tion, and advantage is taken of this
charisteristic to bring popular senti
ment to the aid of any important deal.
Hearst was held up to ridicule last
week fcr Introducing a bill to prevent
the buying of votes on election day,
and the "corrupt" use of money in any
manner. Now comes the intelligence
that Willie is hard at work through his
political henchmen to make his Influ
ence fett at the next political conven
tion. Reports from the independent
league show wonderful activity in
Indiana, Iowa, and other western
states, and this action is only ob
tained through the use of money. How
the "Yellow Kid" can differentiate be
tween $1 spent for the direct purchase
of votes and $1,00 spent to hire pro
fessional boomers is beyond compre
hension.
Our friend William "Jay" Brian,
whose wife lost her Pullman car sleep
ing car pass during the last election,
is beginning to sit up and take no
tice as the time draws near-for another
political campaign, but this action is
necessary to maintain his income. He
is fed from the notoriety he receives,
else his literary gems in the Common
er and other papers would fall flat,
and W. J. B. knows on which side his
bread is buttered.
The house of representatives has, as
predicted, killed the appropriation for
a $100,000 gun foundry, although the
testimony adduced to show that it
would pay for Itself within a few
years, besides being a great conven
ience in 'the matter of deliveries of
material. When the iron and steel
interests of the United States can
through a member of the senate force
the government to divide a contract
for armor plate between the independ
ent and trust companies, although the
independent company's bid was the
lowest, there is no danger of a mono
poly being put out of business. It is
all right for a senator to "practice"
before the heads of departments, pro
vided he stands in, but how about Bur
ton who for a few hundred dollars is
serving a term in the penitentiary be
cause he did not stand In?
The treasury department is about
to adopt the "double entry" system
of bookkeeping used by practically
every grocer in the land! The gov
ernment is n»t behind the times! ,If
a minor government employe desires
a broken chair repaired, or minor con
veniences, he pays for them out of his
own pocket rather than unwind the
miles of red tape necessary to get
them. ,The avidity with which a chief
clerk will turfi down a requisition for
a dollar or two in supplies is only ex
ceeded in his desire to sign the re
quests of the department heads for
thousands of dollars worth of use
less junk.
As soon as influential men could get
a chance at the post office department
a different version of the recent order,
prohibiting postal employes from open
ing their mouths, was announced. Of
course there are indiscreet men in the
sesvlce, yet that did not merit the
blanket keep your mouith shut" or
der There is as much floyaflty to the
square Inch among the minor employ
es of thrf government as with the "su
perior officers," as they delight to
style themselves, and this is best il
lustrated by the manner In which they
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1907.
Arthur Netcher
FULL OF BREEZr MM NOTES
Willie Hearst's Consistency in Matters Pertaining to Honesty
in Elections—Washington May Have to Dispense
With ItsLiquors.
toe the mark when a member of con
gress of senate appears in the door
way. Let the government discipline
those who are guilty, not Issue blan
ket orders covering thousands of In
offensive men because of the Indis
creet remarks from a few. If employ
es took the recent advice given by the
post-office department official that.
"they can write to the president, the
postmaster general, or myself," what
would be the result?
Letters addressed to the president-,
are as a rule turned over to the head
of the department interested by his
secretary without comment The de
partment officials turn the communi
cations over to the succeeding series
of petty officials, and at last they
reach the very men complained ot in
nine cases out of ten—the employes''
Immediate superiors. The result can
be imagined.
The very people responsible for the
"hollar" about extravagance in the
public printing—members of congress
--are keeping the government printing
office busy this winter. -Over 4,000
more bills were printed during the
months of December and January than.
in the corresponding short session
two years ago. Likewise, the alleged
surplus is the result of printing a lot
of ok or he us of be
congress that are never called for,
but the committee on printing will pro
bably remedy this state of affairs with
in a few months. The government
printing service is becoming more and
more commercialized, and the class of
employes is improving from day to
day. The government printing office,,
.the bureau of printing and engraving
and the Washington navy yard are
shining examples of Industrial activ
ity compared to the monotonous rout-
1
ine of the executive departments. But'
clerkships in the national capitol are
not without their drawbacks. Con
stant copying of letters or addition of
long columns of figures is rapidly fill
ing the local' insane asylum.
When will we be satisfied? The
railroad rate law is unsatisfactory
the immigration regulations will leave
too much discretion to the president
the regulation of hours of service of
railroad men will leave much to be
desired, and the Sfmoot case will be
a demonstration of certain peoples'
ability to violate the law successful
ly.
Much excitement has been occasion
ed the past week at a hearing on the
measure to prohibit the sale of intox
icating liquors in the capital city.'
Considerable "good -liquor" Is con
sumed in Washington, but there is but
little evidence of over-indulgence.
The claim of ex-Land Commissioner
Hermann that the records destroyed
were personal property will not hold
water. It is the practice in official
circles to place on file every scrap of
paper relating to the affairs of the
government not addressed to individ
uals and marked "Private." One of
the biggest steals on record, however,
occurred in the library of congress
some years since. Every book sent
to the library by publishers for any
purpose found their way into a pri
vate library unless marked "public."
The result is one of the finest private
libraries in the country at no expense
to the owner.
The congressional record is not as
voluminous as usual owing to the ab
sence of Senator Bailey, who is at
home repudiating "Lies!"
Despite the well-laid plana of poli
ticians, there is a. 'likelihood of Gov
ernor Hughes of*New York being in
the running.
The anti-tipping bill is about the
smallest peanut congress ever under
took to shell.
Be a good baseball ten and imagine
what congress will do "next winter."
HUGHES TO STUDENTS.
Associated Press ta The Evening Time*.
Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 21.—Elabor
ate preparations have been made for
the reception and entertainment ot
Governor Hughes of New York, who
is to deliver the Washington's birth
day address Friday before the law
students of the university of Michi
gan. All indications point to an Im
mense audience to listen to the ad
dress of the distinguished speaker.
The university regents held a meet
ing today and they will remain over
to take part in the reception to Gov
ernor Hughes.
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