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7 'M i-H. Well, probably it was just 'the same weakness that gets most other reform ers. This notorious Bunch of reform ers finds It much easier to regulate and reform others than to regulate and reform their own crowd, because they do claim that they own the farm ers of this State body, boots and t-' breeches and can do with them as they please, deliver them to the I. W. W., get their money, run the State into millions of debt, etc. Oh, we've got it! Of course they could have raised the teacher's wages and given the farmer's wife and daughter an eight hour day, without compelling her to seek it In town, but these two classes were not entitled to it. They had not paid the $16.00. See? LAWS ENACTED FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES Teachers are repressed in our state and other states, says the Courier News. That's strange. Considering that over 75 percent of our teachers are working for farmer school boards and that practically every one of them hopes to teach in town some day be cause they get better pay, this fact put forth by the Courier-News is very remarkable. Does the Courler:News mean to say that the farmers are. nig gardly and stingy and do not want to pay for their children's education? Didn't the last "farmer" legislature rise and save the girls from more than eight hours' work In all villages of over five hundred? Of course it was noticeable that they didn't pre scribe this eight-hour law for farmer's wives and daughters, who frequently work from fifteen to twenty hours a day several months of the year. Since higher wages are due the teachers, and no one doubts that and since eight hours is a good day for viiiuge girls, and no one doubts that, and since the nomadic bunch of reformers told said "farmer" legislature what and what not to do, and no one doubts thut, "may we not," to quote our absent President, ask why did that said bunch fail to raise the teachers' salar ies by fixing a minimum wage and why did they not help out the fanner's wives and daughters? We should hate to think that this was political revenge because so many of these two classes voted for Miss Neilson. We should also hate to believe that it was cow ardice, a fear to meddle with the "farmers'" affairs. No, it couldn't be that, because they were liberal with the farmers, especially when it came to inventing new and interesting tax laws. But the clerks in town had not paid $16.00, you say. Why were they en titled to consideration? That's entire ly a different story. Here in North Dakota everybody works and nearly everybody Is a cap italist on a larger or smaller scale. We really have no labor problem, especial ly since Arthur Townley suggested to the I. W. W. that they should charge the farmers only $6.00 a day for farm work. This they did and then pro ceeded to work the sab-cat in his fields. Nice bunch of kittens the sab cat pet of the I. W. W. produced shocks turned upside down to rot twine bands cut, rocks and other use ful things placed in the bundles to WHO'S FRED? When poor old John Ogden was State Superintendent of Public In struction, Fred Cathro was his deputy. John was old, unpractical and a dreamer. Fred was young and prac tical and has always claimed the credit for John Ogden's administra tion. Of course much has been done towards organizing the State's school affairs by Captain Mitchell, who died, but much was left to do. As Secre tary of the Board of University and School Lands, John Ogden, alias Fred Cathro, aided and abetted in paying to outside bankers over $60,000 in pre miums on school lands on a basis of 4 percent, while they charged our own districts 6 percent Interest. This was was rotten and helped the Populists to kick John, Fred and all others out of office In 1802. Fred withdrew to the banking field. Here he organized the State Bankers' Association, the or ganization that Townely and his St. Paul orators have poured their vials of wrath on during the past year. Nothing stimulated their holy anger to such flights of fancy as the Bankers' Association. All last campaign Fred Cathro's creation was damned from the Badlands to the Red as "bitter enemies of the organized farmers." And, now, this same Fred Cathro Is "organizing" the State Bank, hired by Waters, who was made by Frazler, who was made by Townley. In sack cloth and ashes, It would seem, Fred Is doing pennance for all his sins and evU deeds, by helping this bunch of St. Paul "reformers" to got their hands on the State's money. "By their works ye shall know them." The $§0,000 pre bIwb deal, five years later pronounc ed Illegal by this same board, and the Bankers' Association, Townley's pet aversion and abomination, besides profitable organising and Managing of bank at Bottineau all show what Prod Cathro can do. We know how muoh the premium cost us. Town ley says we have no Idea how much Food's Bankers' Association. has cost us. Oan anyone toll, Judging by Fred's past work and by the sad tale of state bank failures in twenty-one states be fore ours, kow much Fred's new cre ation will cost the State? Well, Fred's rich. He should worry. Iloney looks •heap to him. He has enough of the filttiy stnff. It's honor and glory ho wants. Not more money. A statue of the Indian woman who wreck the threshing machines. Fine fellows, these friends of Arthur Town ley. But as already remarked, we have no serious labor problem In North Dakota. Everybody is farming or doing some business or service con nected with the farm. Back east, however, there is a continual labor problem and many laborers, good, bad and Indifferent. Millions of men all classed as laborers, either because they work, ought to work or bluff at working. These millions hate In all lands at all times always included a certain down and out element which consists of criminals, crooks and vag abonds. The real laborer who attends to business saves and Is on the up grade is too busy to talk, hold meet ing or bofher other elements which are not afraid of work. Others have time to patronize saloons and other bumming places and consider the wrongs Inflicted on them by men who work, save and are successful. Among this latter crowd was born Bolshevism, Nihilism, I. W. W.-lsm Great. and all the coarser forms of socialism, all doc trines by which a way is found to give the man who doesn't care to work the blessings that honest labor generally enjoys, such as home, food, clothes, etc. In order to curry favor with this bunch of radicals and also to prove to the laboring masses back east that It would be better to follow Heywood, Debs and Townley than Gompers and the real leaders of hon est labor, the farmer legislature was ordered by Arthur Townley to enact a series of labor laws, such as eight-hour day for clerks in villages of over 500 population, labor indemnity, labor home building, antl-injunctlon laws. None of these affect the farmers, nor was there any call for them with the possible exception of the Indemnity law. But Arthur Townley needed these laws. Agitators of his stripe are always on the lookout for a mob which they might lead. The most easily led portion of society, especial ly into criminal or semi-crlmlnal lanes, has always been the down and out element, to which the least thoughtful portion of real labor frequently may be added for a short time. Farmers are not material for mobs. You can not make a mob of capitalists. All farmers are capitalists. Arthur Town ley knows this. But farmers can be wheedled and fooled to furnish the money necessary agitators while they organize their forces. Besides having paid their money for Townley wisdom, they will at least stay quiet for a while. Otherwise they would be the first to rebel against the destruction of property or Its confiscation. The farmers own property, want more property, believe in working hard to get property. They do not want the I. W. W. disorders, they do not want disturbance and uncertainty. That be ing the case, why in the name of com mon sense should they furnish Town' ley with the means to create it? Go wherever the doctrines of Socialism, Communism, Bolshevism or Townley ism have been tried In part fully and you find riot, arson, malicious destruc tion of property, and murder. In line with his lifelong habit of plunging and gambling, Arthur Town ley is playing a wild game for mob support, and the North Dakota farm ers are his tools and dupes, piloted the Lewis and Clark expedi tion Is his contribution, and on its pedestal might be engraved: "Behold, young man. 'tis Fred tho His bosom knew no greed nor hate. The wheels went round within his head, And "organized" till he was dead. He died and went to hejl or heaven By Townley and his bunch forgiven. The deeds he did when in the flesh, Have cost the State a lot of cash." THE DOG AND THE BONE How wise was Aesop? Let's see. Twenty-five hundred years ago this humble swine-hord watching his swine and studying man and his ways, re corded his observations in fables, sugar-coated pills of wisdom. Thus, seeing the greed of the weU to do and how this greed came to grief, as all wrong does, he Mis the fable of a dog who had a nlc# bone. On his road he crossed a bridge. Seeing his imago in the water below he thought it was another dog with a bone, Not satis fied with his own bene but wanting also the other dog's bone, he dropped his own and plunged In after the other dog's bone. Wet and without a bone, he crawled out of the water a wiser but a poorer dog. His greed and envy and disregard of the rights of others brought him to grief. So was it 2500 years ago so is it teday. There never was a set of cranks yet who didn't try to steal the sohools. He who has the schools has the fu ture. Temperance. Instruction pre ceded saloon destruction. But North Dakota schools have never been the vletlms of cranks, ant judging by tho united front of the educational forces, they won't be either. Children should not be bothered with Socialism. It's bad enough to bother grown-ups. The educational bill has made It clear to Townley and Nell Macdonald that no setter how they may bam boozle the fanners they cannot handle the teachors of North Dakota. The Northwestern Association, the South western Association, the Central Asso ciation, the High Sohool Conference, the County Superintendents' Assodo tted, have all tihrt turns at applying tho Mrch to this precious pair. THE HOPE PIONEER President, T. J. Falvqy. Vice Presidents, H. Perry Shorts, James L. Richards, Joseph H. O'Nell, S. S. Perry, C. G. Fitzgerald. Secretary, John T. Burnett. Principal office, 77-85 State St. Attorney for Service of Process in the Stale of North Dakota*: Name, Commissioner of Insurance. Location, Bismarck, N. D. ^Organized or Incorporated, July 29, Commenced business, November 20, 1907. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock paid up In rull Bank Interest due and accrued. Premiums in course of colleotlon and trans mission Bills reoelvable, not ma tured Rents due and accrued.. All other sums due to the Company Unadmitted Assets ... Total Assets LIABILITIES, Gross claims for Losses unadjust and adjust ed and un paid 610,984.14 Losses resist ed b|y the Total grost amount of claims for Losses $1,419,368.64 Deduct Re-in surance and a a a thereon .. 44,520.42 Net amount of unpaid Losses $1,374,838.22 Amount of unearned Pre miums on all outstand ing risks 1,720,083.86 Due for unpaid Divi dends, Commissions and Brokerage 15S.412.33 All other Liabilities. NV 7 NORTH Dakota'S SCHOOL ABSTRACT OP STATEMENT. For the Year Ending December 81« A. D. 1018. Of the condition and affairs of the Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company of Boston, Massachusetts, or ganized under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, made to the Commis sioner of Insurunce fit' the State ot North Dakota, in pursuance of the laws of said State. $1,500,000.09 ASSETS. Value of Heal Estate owned by the Company Stocks and Bonds Cash on hand and in $18,500.00 4,SOS,027.1? 390,167.10 46,803.26 868,261.91 2,873.61 321.49 164,428.47 $5,772,863.12 386.6V0.32 $5,389,362.80 Company .. 808,374.60 $3,247,284.40 189,145.62 Total Liabilities $3,436,429.92 Premiums received dur ing the year in Cash.. $4,784,611.35 Interest and Dividends received during the year 172,338.82 Rents received during the year 1,178.80 Amount received from all other sources 152,173.37 Total Receipts $5,110,202.34 DISBURSEMENTS. Losses paid during the ySar $2,018,663.88 Dividends, Commissions and Brokerage paid during year 1,184,143.37 Paid for Salaries, Taxes, Fees and other charges 342,112.79 Dis Amount of all other bursements 1,093,456.24 Total Disbursements... $4,638,276.28 NORTH DAKOTA BUSINESS. Total Premiums received during the year $4,840.33 Total Losses incurred during the year None Total amount of Losses paid during the year... 1,426.95 STATE OP NORTH DAKOTA, Office oraCommlssioner of Insurance. I, S. A. Olsness, Commissioner of In surance of the State ot North Dakota, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true abstract of the original state ment now on file in this office. In Testimony Whereof, I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office at Bismarck the First day of April, A. D. 1919. (SEAL) S. A. OLSNESS, Commissioner of insurance. STATE OP NORTH DAKOTA, Office ot Commissioner of insurance. COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OP AUTHORITY. Whereas, The Massachusetts Bonding A Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Massa chusetts, has filed in this office a sworn statement exhibiting Its condition and business for the year ending December 31, 1918, conformable to the require ments of the laws of this state, regu lating the business of Insurance, and. Whereas, The eaid Company has filed in this office a duly oertlfled oopy of its charter with certificate of organ ization tn compliance with the require ments of the Insuranoe laws aforesaid. Now, Therefore, I, S. A. Olsness, Com missioner of Insurance of the State of North Dakota, pursuant to the provi sions of said laws, do hereby certi/y that the above named Company is fully empowered, through Its authorized agents, to transact its appropriate busi ness of Authorized Insurance In this state according to the laws thereof, until the 31st day of March, A. D. 1920. In Testimony Whereof, I have here unto set my hand and seal at Bismarck, this First day of April, A. D. 1919. (SEAL) S. A. OLSNESS. Commissioner of Insurance. Wh No one, not even the Townleylzed papers, deny the fact that the leaders of the League who framed the legislation that was put before the legislators last winter are Socialists of the most radical type. They are Insidiously trying to plant in our state a Socialist Garden of Eden. By means of the State Bank law (House BUI No. 16) they have planned to get their hands on North Dakota's splendid school fund. With the State Bank in operation, no other record need be made or any other procedure gone through in order to get at public money for almost any purpose than to transfer a million or two or more from one fund to another. The North Dakota Bank law is not a Rural Credits law. The governor has denied the people of the state a right to vote for a Rural Credits law which was initiated by petitions signed by 35.000 voters. Vote NO on House Bill No. 18, aud protect North Dakota's school fund. APOSTLES NOW AND LONG AGO. The apostles of old w^ere plain fish ermen, common laborers who felt driven to carry a new gospel to men. Society in Europe and America Is largely bullded on their work. They stood for real Ideas, new thoughts and new life. Today a new set of apostles have ar rived on the scene. They claim to be carriers of a new gospel which shall make mankind happy. A real re former, an holiest enthusiast, no mat ter If he is mistaken, Is always in teresting, providing ho Is honest and really unselfish. May we not compare these two sets of apostles? The old apostle said: "Gold and sliver wo have not but we bring you peace." Also "Love ye one another." The new apostles say: "Hund over your gold and silver by the million, hand over your business, don't listen to the other fel lows, get the money. Lie like a dautn ed horsethlef to the people but get the money." Also: "Never trust your neighbor, he may be the agent of your enemy." Aud the new gospel? Con sult The Courier-News aud you will find it edging around and defending Russian Bolshevism. Not a number but hints at Bolshevism being better than represented. What is Bolshe vism? 1. Auy crowd that has arms and men enough seizes the Government. Just like old time savages. 2. No property, tor those who have saved and built up. Take it away. Just like old time savages. 3. Communize women. That 1% make prostitutes of them, without their consent. Worse than any sav ages ou record. 4. Destroy the home. All savages have hud the home as a nucleus of beginning civilization. 5. Kill the educated and destroy the Church. Savages would disown such apostles. 6. Seize all lands In the name of a robber government. Without vote or consent of the gov erned, just like savages of the old tribal days, when the land belonged to those who could drive others away. Summary No home, no church, no property, no voice in government. Only proletariat (1. e„ mob) fit to rule. No education. Just the beast left. And for this program The Courier News is continually edging In words of defense. Fine dope for North Da kota people, ain't It? Evidently Hera. Alice is Interested In the sayings printed each day. A few days ago she read one thpt was signed with initials the same as her own. The small ml as was excited and, bringing the paper so her mother might see also, she Joyful ly explained: "Mamma, here's a say ing that must be mine, 'cause it's got my 'nitlals 'broldered right en the pa per." TV*** WRVTIN «TO?F «R "TH*1 PAPER MNt SO SASH rt LOOKS. \U- TfcLL TH" WORLD'. ""(OHOOTTA KNOW HOW 1' SPtlX'N COMPOSE Y* GIT NCR FACTS fOETHlR 'M Nfc VOfTA V-OOK'M MOt WRITE ANWTHINO THAfLU MAKE FOLVC* sore na ootta pvrr a iA PEP IWTA COMMON EMER'OAI TVmno-s.'at A\HH aot pep\ IN 'ftWV, SO THEY'LL IsMkKft tNTEttr t«TVN' REMMN'-'N THEN AFTER NOO'VE ROM MA. OMER TOWN AFTER NEWS WRITTEN COL SUNNS OP STUFF,FOUKft'H. THROW THE PAPER DOWN V| SAN? THERE. AIN'T noth\n' W TH' PAPeatyr BRITAIN STARTED WAR STAMP IDEA nteresting Comparisons Between Systems in America and England. BRmSH PRICE ALWAYS SAME 8tamp Is Dated When Purehaaed and la Dtio Exactly Five Years From Date—War Savings Societies Are Popular. Washington.—An Interesting com parison between the systems of War Savings stamps in Great Britain and America is made by the savings divi sion of the United States treasury. England had been selling War Say ings certificates for more than a year before this attractive form of Invest ment was offered to the people ojf the United States. This country has had the advantage of the Britons' experi ence in this field, and while the two savings stamps are alike in most re spects, there are a few interesting dif ferences. The British War Savings stamp Is dated when purchased and is due ex actly five years from that date. This enables them to sell the certificates al ways for the same—15s. 6d. ($3.83). The American War Savings stamps are Issued in annual series, and each series has a uniform date of Issuance and of maturity. The present rute is kept uniform by Increasing the pur chase price one cent each month. This means that all of the 1919 War Savings stamps will mature In January, 1924, while In three or four years British War Savings stamps will begin coming up for redemption In varying amounts each day. The British System. The British have devolved the sys tem of purchasing the regular sixpence postage stamps, which are pasted on a card until 81 are obtained.. Then the card is exchanged for a War Savings certificate. Americans, on the other hand, can purchase a 25-cent Thrift stamp, and thus gradually accumulate the required 16 stamps necessary to purchase a War Savings stamp, add ing, of course, the necessary amount according to the month, namely, 12 cents for January or 23 cents for De cember. War Savings societies, or associa tions as the British term them, are very numerous in the British Isles. Each person nfRllhted with the associ ation contributes either a fixed sum or any amount he can at regular inter vals, say, each week. Whenever the secretary finds 15s. fid. or more in the treasury he Immediately purchases one or more War Savings certificates for his society, so that the certificates be gin to draw Interest. As soon as a number of persons have completed their payments it is customary to draw lots for the advantage of the earliest dated certificates In the association treasury. Thus, the lucky person may obtain a certificate which has been accumulating interest for weeks pos sibly, while the last stamp drawn will, of course, be only a few days old. These associations, which are estab lished in churches, schools, shops and factories, give Interest and a bit of competition to saving while the week ly drawings add a touch of excite ment. Exempt From Taxation. Both British Savings certificates and American War Savings stAmps are ex empt from taxation, and for this and other reasons there is a limitation to the amount that may be held by one Individual. In the early war daya in England persons with Income exceed ing $1,500 were not permitted to buy Savings stamps. This condition was later changed so that anyone may hold Savings certificates up to about $2,500 maturity value. In the United States one Individual may not hold more than $1,000 of any one series. In both countries there is no limitation preventing each member of a family from holding the prescribed limit. fjj Von Tirpitz Reported & "Broke" in Switzerland £5 A $ Geneva, Switzerland.—Admi- ft ral von Tirpitz, who Is credited $ with having been the Instigator }*J & cording to Swiss newspapers, ft 8 The former German naval chief $ •Ji ncn. Breaking It Qently. Wlnsted, Conn.—An American offi cer tells of a letter he censored for a Texas soldier on the other side to his mother breaking the news of his brother's death. The letter read as follows: "Dear Ma—You needn't bother to write to Ed any more as he got bumped off yesterday." Hs Got It Kansas City, Mo.—J. J. Bernard, fanner, looking for excitement, met two strangers who Bernard reported suggested cards. loss of his •nd $150. left THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH, 1919 shoe BRITISH RAILROAD CHIEF $ rA'-'mm jEy w&Pliolo'by &vX...w^*r Nt*«pnper JLTnjun Lord Claud Huinilton, M. P., who is chairman of the Great Eastern rail road of England. SOAP BRIBE FREES AMERICAN Private Released From German Prison Camp After Gift to One of the Guards. Coblenz.—Half a cake of soup, used as a bribe, opened the road to liberty for an American soldier who recently rejoined his regiment after being im prisoned in Germany. William Lltch, private in the Twen ty-slxth infantry, was captured October 4 during the fighting in the Argonne and taken to a prison camp near Ba den. From another American who had received a prisoner's package Lltch procured a piece of soup not much larg er than his thumb. A few nights before the signing of the armistice Lltch gave the soup to a German prison camp guard and stepped out of the stocKnde a free man. He began traveling by night and hiding by day, but before he readied the front he was overtaken by other re leased American prisoners, who told him of the armistice. LONDON GREETS GRENADIERS Only 12 Survived Great War and Take Part In Homccoming Welcome. London—The Second battalion of the Grenadier guards received an en thusiatic welcome on lis return to London from Germany. Although no ceremonies had been arranged and the hour of arrival was uncertain, im mense crowds assembled at St. Pan eras station. The only indication thnt something unusual was happening was the pres ence of massed bunds which played: "See, the Conquering Hero Comes," as the men left their train. Gen. Fielding, commandant of the London district, welcomed the battalion In be half of the king, and then the guards began a triumphal inarch across Lon don to Chelsea barracks. Of the original unit that left Eng land In 1914, only twelve men sur vived to take part in this great home coming. COAL MINE DEATH TOLL 2,575 In Giving Figures Secretary Lane Praises Work of Men During War. Washington.—Casualties in Amer ican coal mines In 1918, reported to Secretary Lane by the bureau of mines, Included 2,575 men killed. This Is the penalty paid by one peaceful industry during a year of war," said Secretary Lane. "It empha sizes the fact that the miner braved perils as did the soldiers at the front. "In winning the war the brilliant achievement of the American coal miner will always stand forth." There was a decrease of 233 deaths from explosions of gas and coal dust, Mr. Lane said, and the total of fatali ties was proportionately less than in previous years. YANKS PROVED NOT GUILTY One Crime Attributed to Americans In Paris Committed by French men. Paris.—At least one of the crimes attributed by Paris newspapers to renegade Americans in the city has turned out to be neither of American planning nor execution. The case was that of the theft of an automobile attributed by the Intran slgeant to two Americans who were said to be making a specialty of this kind of crime. The men who stole the automobile have been arrested. There were three of them and one proved to be a desert er from the French army and the oth ers French civilian accomplices. if 1 fl- I m.