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STATE BREVTTIES
Hibbing.Qver 200 applications for
citizenship tave been made at the
L-uuithouae in the past week.
Ouluth.In a supposed recurrent
fit of insanity Aaron Lindstrom, aged
55, killed his wife with a flatiron and
then killed himself with a razor.
Fairmont.Forty-two cases of in
fluenza are reported in the little vil
lage of Ceylon. Two Red Cross nurses
I'rom the Twin CitiesTiave arrived at
the village.
Red Wing.O. W. Herr has been re
elected superintendent of the Red
Wing public schools at a salary of
$: ,700 per annum, an increase of $200
over last year.
Crookston.At a special meeting
of the Polk county Red Cross chapter
it was decided to employ two visiting
nurses for Polk county. An appropri
ation of $2,000 was made to help de
fray their expenses.
Crookston. Crookston township
elected: Supervisor, Ed Lanctot town
clerk, Louis J. Regiembal treasurer,
Adolph Heydt assessor, Walter Latta
justices of peace, Walter Latta and
Carl Herberg poundmaster, Stephen
Altepeter.
Fergus Falls.Real estate dealers
of Otter Tail county have banded
themselves together for the purpose
of urging the improvement of farms,
better buildings, better rental condi
tions and to raise the real estate
business to a higher plane generally.
St. Paul.The thirct annual conven
tion of the Minnesota Shoe Retailers'
association was held in the Ryan ho
tel, the first three days of this week.
Mayor Hodgson gave the address of
welcome. George A. Pierce of Min
neapolis, former president, gave the
response.
Little Falls.Norris Carnes of Roy
alton has been given a captain's com
mission in the United States army. He
is attached to an artillery unit in
France and has been acting captain
for some time. He is 24 years of age
and a former student of the Univer
sity of Minnesota.
Mankato.Charles T. Taylor, form
er mayor of Mankato, who has been
mentioned as a candidate throughout
the political discussion, this spring
has filed for the mayoralty, making
five running for mayor: I. N. Tomp
kins, Charles T. Taylor, Gus Eich
stead, E. J. Watters and Mayor L. L.
Champlin.
East Grand Forks.For the purpose
of buying machinery and supplies
necessary to make the big spring
drive, farmers have been coming into
East Grand Forks in large numbers
of late. They carry word that the
amount of land in this district to be
under cultivation this year will ex
ceed that of last year by fully 30 per
cent.
Thief River Falls.The school
board, at its last regular meeting, re
ceived a petition asking for the recon
sideration of their former action in
accepting the resignation of J. H. Hay
as superintendent of city schools. The
[petition was signed by over 800 resi
dents and tax payers of Thief River
"alls. The beard laid the petition on
[tho table.
Deer River.The output of timber
I in this section is estimated to be the
greatest ever known, not excepting the
days when the pine was logged off by
the millions of feet. At any hour
teamloads of the various products
could be seen during the past five
months passing through the village
either to railroad cars or to the mills
here, all the output of the smaller
local loggers operating close to town
or of the settlers.
Eveleth.An electrical storm in
winter, something never heard of here
before, swept over this section, rain,
electricity and wind doing consider
able damage. From midnight till
about 5 a. m. this unusual condition
prevailed. Cross-arms, transformers,
wires of all sorts and similar equip
ment were damaged. A short circuit
caused a fire in Ivar Niemi's store on
avenue that practically destroyed
the building and contents at a loss of
$3,000 or more.
Hastings.Returned soldiers and
sailors'were given an official wel
come by officials and people of Hast
ings and vicinity. Each service man
was given by the city council a hand
some certificate conveying the thanks
of the community for his services to
the nation in the war. The celebra
tion began with a parade in the after
noon in which the service men had
the place of honor. A banquet about
o'clock followed at Wilson's Audi
torium and this was merged into a
dance at the same place.
Winona. Approximately $50,000
worth of boathouses, motor boats an^
accessories are lodged in an ice jam
in the Mississippi river here, having
been torn loose from their moorings
by floating ice and strong wind.
Twenty of the finest motor boats on
the upper Mississippi belonging to
members of the Winona Motor Boat
club are subject to destruction by the
ice Jam. An effort to save the water
craft is being made. Officials of the
boat club were doubtful as to whether
or not they would meet with success.
Two Harb-s.Edward M. McGow
an, who was put up by the Socialists
as a candidate for alderman in the
Second ward, has made public an an
nouncement that this action on the
part of the Socialist party was done
without his knowledge or consent and
that he absolutely refuses to be a can
didate.
Bemidji. Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Klug, Sr.. of Nymore, local suburb,
have received word of the death of
their daughter, Mrs. Fred Helmich
of Ceylon, Minn., of pneumonia, leav
ing her husband and eight children,
all sick of the flu.
Moorhead C. H. Knapp is the new
chief of police here.
Stillwater.Governor Uuruquist has
tentatively accepted the invitation of
the Citizens' Memorial day committee
to deliver the Memorial day address
in this city on May 30 next.
Dilworfh. This village voted
against the proposed $10,000 bond is
sue for the erection of a village hall
and auditorium, at the village election
Tuesday, 22 for and 93 against.
East Grand Forks.Raising $133,-
724.58 in eight drives is the record of
East Grand Forks, a city of approxi
mately 2,500 inhabitants, which has
nevor failed to go "over the top."
Grand Rapids.The local school
board has re-engaged Supt. E. A. Free
man, long head of the schools of Dis
trict No. 1. The matter of salaries
for the teachers of the schools in this
district was discussed, but no formal
action was taken.
Little Falls.Playing its last game
of the season, Little Falls swamped
Bemidji at basketball, 35 to 10. Little
Falls Jed from the start and the score
at the end of the first half was 10 to
5 in favor of the locals. Little Falls
played fourteen games this winter,
winning all.
Fairmount.The indictment for per
jury against Fred A. Harding, a.Twin
Cities newspaper man, was dismissed
on motion of County Attorney Cooper.
The indictment was based on an af
fidavit made by Harding last fall dur
ing the consideration of a charge
against Joseph Gilbert.
Virginia.J. P. Richard of Man
kato, grand chancellor of the Knights
of Pythias, and T. W. McAlister, grand
keeper of records and seal, addressed
the members of the local lodge at a
special meeting held at the Hawkinson
hall. Mr. Richard and Mr. McAlister,
who are making a tour of the range,
left for Chisholm.
Thief River Falls.Charles A. Pit
kin, well known attorney of this city,
died of influenza at a hospital in the
Twin Cities. The telegram announc
ing Mr. Pitkin's death was from Mrs.
Pitkin, who was with her husband at
the time of his death. The funeral
was held at Crookston. The Elks'
lodge and bar association of this city
sent representatives.
Crookston.Farmers living in the
I vicinity of Crookston and Euclid are
up in arms over the proposed route of
state road No. 14, which they declare
should be changed so that elevators
along the Northern Pacific railroad
may be reached by it. Forty-five
farmers were present at the monthly
meeting of the Polk county commis
sioners requesting that the route be
changed.
Moorhead.Thursday, March 27,
has been designated as the date for
the special bond election for new high
and Third ward school buildings by
the Moorhead board of education. It
was decided to place the two bond
propositions on the same ballotfor
the high school $200,000, and the
Third ward grade building $50,000.
Work on both buildings to ho begun
as soon as possible.
Grand Rapids.The end of the
sleighing and the nice weather the
past week caused an unusual move
ment of potatoes in spite of the fact
that the local market has been the
lowest and the weakest of any time
since the potato digging season. The
market price has been around 75 cents
a .hundred. This week there were
shipped out of the local station five
car loads of potatoes with a couple
more cars ready to load out
St. Paul.Governor Burnquist has
appointed the five members on the
Tyler Tornado Relief commission, as
authorizedpln a new law carrying a
state fund of $35,000 to bo expended
by the commission for relief of the
tornado sufferers as follows: Former
Governor Samuel R. Van Sant, Min
neapolis S. M. Hanson, mayor of Ty
ler S. B. Duea, Pipestone, and E. B.
Young and H. T. O. Herzer, both of
St. Paul. Governor Van Sant was
made chairman and requested to call
the first commission meeting.
Brainerd.Two firemen were in
jured and $8,000 damage done by a
fire here. Starting, it in believed,
from an overheated stove, the blaze
damaged the cement wall warehouse
of Con O'Brien destroyed six automo
biles and a tractor, damaged six light
ing plants, three plows and other
property of the Woodhead Motor com
pany, and burned a touring car, true)
and roadster of the O'Brien Mercan
tile company. Dean White and Vern
White, firemen, were injured by ce
ment blocks falling when the roof
caved in.
Minneapolis.The condition of Miss
Hazel Flynn, 21, teller of the First
State Bank of Champlin, Hennepin
county, who pluckily kept a lone ban
dit from getting $10,000 in securities
and $10,000 in cash Friday, is much
improved. No trace of the robber was
found. He was "seen standing near
the bank, dressed in a soldier's uni
form, for some time around noon. He
escaped with $62 from the postoffice,
occupying a section of the bank build
ing, and $8.40 from a cash register in
the bank. Miss Flynn was found in
the cellar, where the robber had
thrown her, when Paul C. Heard,
cashier, returned from lunch. She re
fused to tell where the money was
kept and was struck a score of times
on'the head by the robber.
Bemidji.En route to America is a
Bemidji trained nurse, Miss May Mc
Gregor, cited twice for heroic service,
the first decoration being last Octo
ber for the Chateau Thierry bat ie ant
the one just awarded her for service
at the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne bat
tles. Miss McGregor is the daughtr.i
of Mrs. Mary McGregor of this city.
Eveleth.The Eveleth and Virginia
city councils win meet here to tak
final action on paving road betweet
the two cities. If they decide to buil
the highway, it is probable that wor
will be started by June 1 and finish*
aboyt the middie of July.
Cm^
THE TOMAHAWK. WHITE EARTH, MINN.
TIME TO GET OUT
ji
PACKER LOOT EXPOSED
Hoover Credited With Getting
Facts on "Big Five."
Became Sutpioroue of Man He Ap
pointed in Charge of Meat Division
of Food AdministrationAsked Fed
eral Trade Commission to Put Ex
pert on Books of Meat Trust.
Washington, D. CWhen Food Ad
ministrator Hoover undertook to get
justice from the big meat packers for
the American people, he placed in
charge of the meat division of his ad
ministration a close friend of the
packers, Joseph P. Cotton, Jr., of New
York. Cotton's law firm had recently
had charge of reorganizing the Sulz
berger firm into Wilson ft Co. Cotton
was so pleased with the news that he
was to be named, that he let the
president of Wilson &, Co. know about
it at once. Tom Wilson Immediately
telegraphed the news to Swift and
Armour. Everyone was pleased.
Everyone, that is, but the Federal
Trade commission and the American
public that keeps watch of the meat
industry. Hoover got an. Inkling of
this suspicion of his man Cotton, and
he sent word to the Federal Trade
commission that he would take one
of their own expert accountants and
put him on the packers' books, to dis
cover how much money they were
making, in order that prices and prof
its might be kept within reasonable
limits.
Chase Dug Into Books.
The commission lent him Stuart
Chase, and Chase, being a young man
with a fine scientific enthusiasm, dug
Into those hooks with a will.
That's how it happened that the
son ate committee on agriculture
learned that the "Big Five" made just
about three times as big profits in the
war years 1916, 1916 and 1917, on the
average, as they made In the average
of the years Just before the war.
Ohaae testified that Armour Co.,
whose profits in 1904 wore $1,660,000,
made 96.701.000 In 1911, 96,168,000 in
1911. 17.640.000 la 1914, 911.166.000 In
1916, 911.649,000 in 1916, and 127.117,-
000 in 1911.
The fairest way to figure their per
centage of profit, he explained, was
to take their capital and surplus as a
basis of true or net worth. Armonr
4k Co. made 6 per cent on net worth
In 1911 in 191$. 6.1 per eent in 1914,
7.1 per cent in 1916, 10.1 per eent
In 1916, 19.1 per eent in 1917. 19.8
per eent That is to say, the average
for the first three years was 6.6 per
eent on net worth, and for the last
three yean It was 16.7 per cent upon
the capita! added to the accumulated
surpluf.
Capital Stook Raised.
Now. this meant 18.6 per oent net
profit on the capital stock In 1912,
and gradually increasing tip to 114.8
per cent on the stock in 1916. Then
Armour 4k Co decided that the public
would not stand forever for that sort
of patriotism in war time. So they
raised their capital stock from $20,-
000,000 to 9100,000.000-converting a
surplus of 400 per cent into stock for
the companyand so their enormous
profits for 1917 figured out only 27.1
per cent on the stock Instead of 136.6
per cent, which was the true situa
tion.
Swift 4k Co. made a profit of $3,850,-
000 In 1904 In 1912 the profits were
$8,745,000 In 1918, $9,449,000 In 1914.
99,661,000 In 1915, $23,387,000 in
1916. $14,196,000 In 1917, $47,236,000.
Chase made no statement as to the
profits which wero betafc. made In
1918, when he was working on the
lookers' books, but Francis J. Heney
ceettAed that Swift L. Co. and their
two chief subsidiaries actually made
$88,000,099, ar.d the market value of
their strck increassd $140,000,900 in
the ye\r 1?1S!
For Swift 4b Co, the pre-war average
on profit on net worth was 8.6 per
cent, and for the three war years it
WBB '24.5 per cent. For Morris & Co.,
the -pre-war profits averaged 7.2 Per
cent on capital and ampins during
1915, 1916 and 1917 they averaged
15.4 Per cent. Morris & Co., had piled
Up a huge surplus, after paying regu
lar dividends. The public had been
robbed of all this surplus, of course,
through low prices to the producer and
high prices to the consumer. On Mor
ris' actual capital stock the net profits
in 1917 were 267.7 per cent!
Wilson Profits Hidden.
Wilson & Co.'s profits up to 1916
are hidden in tangled accounts, but
for.1916 the profit on capital and sur
plus was 14.5 per cent, and in 1917 it
was 29.6 per cent.
Ctidahy's profits were $1,129,000 in
1912. In 1916 they were $3,511,000, and
In 1917 they were $4,935,000. Their
pre-war profits on net worth averaged
7.6 per cent, and for the war years
16 per cent. On their capital stock
the Cudahy firm made 35.2 per cent
in 1917.
Organized farmers who have been
denounced for "sedition a*hd disloy
alty" by the press that Is kept by the
Armours, Swifts and Morrisses, may
wetl be astonished at this substan
tial reward to the packers' virtue.
LABOR HAILS FRAZIER
North Dakota Governor Given
Ovation by Chicago Labor
Party.
Head of Farmers' State Government
Effects Alliance Between Organized
Lobor in Illinois and National Non
partisan LeagueEntry Into Politics
Is Commended.
ChicagoSix thousand members of
organized labor cheered Governor
Lynn J. Frazler of North Dakota,
when he appeared before the big labor
party rally here.
Governor Frazler told how the farm
ers of North Dakota had been advised
to stay out of politicsand how they
had learned that this was had advice
how they had Ignored It and actually
gone into politics and what they had
accomplished by this action. He urged
that labor organisations also ignore
the advice and go into politics.
"I am mighty glad to know that or
ganized labor of Illinois and Chicago
has waked up to the fact that If It is
going to get anything that will be of
benefit, labor must get into politics
and elect men who will honestly rep
resent them after they get into office,"
he said.
Not only did the laboring men
pledge their support and co-operation
to the farmers' movement, but Ed
Nockels, secretary of the Chicago
Federation of Labor, announced that
funds of unions on deposit in Chicago
banks would be advanced to aid the
new Bank of North Dakota If opposi
tion of. the moneyed interests should
develop sufficiently to menace the es
tablishment of that Institution.
The meeting accentuated the
unanimity of eentiment among
labor uniene of Illinois favoring
an alliance between labor forces
and the Nonpartisan league. Look*
Ing to this end. a conference will
be called either in Chicago or
Springfield at an early date at
which all labor unions of the state
will be represented and Invitations
will also be sent to all farmer
organizations of Illinois to meet
with them.
Against U. S. Ownership.
Pierre, S. D. The South Dakota
legislature, controlled by politicians
friendly to special privilege, has
passed a resolution asking congress to
return the railroads to private control.
TAFT AGAINST
NONPARTISANS
Says He Knows League Is Bad
From Reading Papers.
LEAGUE LIKE "POPS"
Avers Public Ownership Plan is All
Wrong and Never Has Succeeded
Offers No Remedy For Eco
nomic Injustices Suffered
by Farmers.
Bismarck, N. D.Former President
William H. Taft is opposed to the Na
tional Nonpartisan League. He said
in an interview here that he had
formed his opinion of the farmers' or
ganization from reading the news
papers.
Mr. Taft was questioned as to his
views on the Nonpartisan league after
having given out a statement in Min
neapolis in which he classed the
League with the I. W. W.
"Perhaps my comparison was a lit
tle too strong," he admitted. "The
League is more like the old populist
party. Probably I said League mem
bers were like the I. W. W., but I
really think I had the populists in
mind."
Mr. Taft based his opposition to the
League chiefly on the ground that the
League favored public ownership. Dis
regarding the fact that the United
States during the war had to resort
to public ownership and operation,
and of the success of such pubiic en
terprises as the United States post
office, city water systems, the great
terminal elevators in Canada, at Seat
tle and New Orleans, Mr. Taft said:
"I don't believe in any form of pub
lie ownership. It has failed wherever
it has been tried and it always will
fall."
Asked where he obtained his infor
mation concerning the Nonpartisan
league, Mr. Taft said he read the Twin
City newspapers. He said he had no
reason to believe that the newspapers
had misrepresented the movement.
Mr. Taft also said he had talked
with Fred H. Carpenter while In Min
neapolis. Carpenter is the head of
the Lincoln Republican club and was
Instrumental in bringing Colonel
Roosevelt to the Twin Cities to attack
the League.
The former president of the United
States candidly admitted that the
farmers of the Northwest have la
bored under economic injustices and
had legitimate grievances, particularly
In the matter of markets. When asked
to suggest a remedy'for these condi
tions, Mr. Taft shrugged his shoulders
and said:
"I can't tell you. Certainly I have
nothing to suggest offhand. But I
know that public ownership is not the
right method."
EARNED $1,000,000 A DAY
Steel Trust Quarterly Report Analyzed
by New York World.
Now York.The financial editor of
the New York World analyzes the last
report of the steel trust, which has
reduced dividends.
It is stated that the trust was earn
ing at the rate of nearly $1,000,000
a day during the last quarter, of whicb
the greater part was set aside for gov
ernment taxes.
"Under normal conditions," it li
stated, "such earnings would be re
garded as phenomenal. The steel cor
poratlon, during the entire year, set
aside about 58 per cent of earning!
for corporation and excess profits
taxes. If the taxes are cut in the
pending revenue bill, as Is generally
expected, the corporation would still
have a sizable fund for the payment
of dividends, and perhaps even extras,
without showing earnings greater
than In the last quarter of 1918 before
the allowance for taxes.
"It appears to be plain that the steel
Industry was earning In the last quar
ter at a rate higher than in any but
the most favorable pre-war times."
BRYAN DEFINES DEMAGOGUE
Ssys He's a Man Who Hearo Heart
Beat of Public.
Washington, D. CWilliam Jen
nings Bryan In a speech before tin
national rivers and harbors congress,
made the following observations:
"The statesman is a man whose eat
is tuned to catch the slightest pulsa
tion of the pocketbook."
"The demagogue is a man who dares
to listen to the heart beat of the pub-
lic."
"The railroads ask for a guaranteed
income. Everybody would like a guar
anteed income, but most folks have
to take a chance with life."
"Experience shows that men whs
maintain a monopoly seldom exerclsf
it for the public good."
Bryan's speech'Vas one of the most
remarkable forensic exhibitions seen
in Washington In many months and
proves conclusively to those who may
have doubted the fact that he is still
a master of political oratory and thai
the mere sound of bis voice will sway
audiences, even unfriendly audiences
today as completely as it has done on
so many historical occasions in th
past.
The Nonpartisan league is not
"friend" of the farmers it is the farm,
ers. The difference i3 all the differ
ence between being treated like ahead
of stock and manly independence
AFTER INFLUENZA-
WINTER COLDS--
BAD BLOOD
Yon are pale, thin, weakwith little
Vitality. Your liver is sluggish and the
bad blood causes your stomach muscles
to lose their elasticity and become flab
by and weakthen indigestion.
Doctor Pierce's Golden Medico! Dis
covery, made from wild roots and barks,
and free from alcohol or narcotics, is
the great and powerful blood purifier of
to-day. Ingredients printed on wrapper.
This tonic, in liquid or tablet form, is
just what you need to give you vim,
vigor and vitality.
Take it as directed and it will search
out impure and poisonous matter
throughout the system and eliminate it
through the natural channels.
You can procure a trial package by
sending 10 cents to Dr. Pierce's Invalids'
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
Winona, Minn.".Afboutfiveyean ego I had
SB attack of ptomaine poisoning and afterward my
blood was in very bad
condition. I tried a
great many "ao-called"*
tonics but felt no better
until a friend suggested
my trying a bottle of
Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery,
which gave mo iirimodi-
ate relief. It is surely
an excellent tonio, does
not purge and is not
objectionable to the
taste. I was hvinain
England whoa t,"5*
took tbVGci*-! Medi
cal XMseefery'. Have
since been around the yM, nd always carried a
bottle of the piseovary' right with me. I would
not.be without it and am only too pleased to be
ids o-Wcon.mend it." Wall* U. bunion, JFO
toe Farm. R. P. D. 2.
OODDS
/flDHfcY
PILLS
Headache,
It's your kidneys.
for box shown
Skin Tortured
Babies Sleep
fterCuticura
The Extravagant Touch.
"I always make It a point, said
Evelyn, "when my clothes urc becom
Ing a hit too Hooveredas thoy are
Just nowto never fnll of Immnculnte
white gloves." "The point?" 1 asked.
"The point Is this. White gloves
very white and spick mid very spun
loom up. They are observed from afar.
They tuke the thought off other mat
ters of the costume. Ninety cases out
of ninety-one, the observer will remark
about the Immaculacy of one's costume,
when, in fact, It is but the immaculacy
of the white gloves which fills the eye
and thought. So, you see"she ended
wisely"my white gloves are both a
cumoufluge nnd nn economy."
"I know the principle," I acceded,
"for I always pin on nn extravagant
bunch of violets on a rainy dayfirst
because they smell so good In (he rain,
but nlso because I think they tcke the
curse off rniny-dny clothes und shoes."
"Just so," snid Evelyn.Los Angeles
Times.
UPSET STOMACH
PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN AT ONCE ENDS
SOURNESS, QASE8, ACIDITY,
INDIGESTION.
Undigested food! Lumps of pain
belching gas, acids and sourness. When
your stomach Is all upset, here Is in
stant reliefNo waiting I
The moment you eat a tablet of
Pape's DIapepsin all the Indigestion
pain, dyspepsia misery, the sourness,
gases and stomach acidity ends.
Pape's Diapepsln tablets cost llttlo
at any drag store but there Is no surer
or quicker stomach relief known. Adv.
Contrary Result.
"From now on we can have only
soft drinks."
"Whiit hard luck!"
Wflflll" KelresaiM sad Heslief,
WM LtthwMurineforRed-
ness, Soreness, Granula
tion,ItchingandBurning
of the Eyes ofr Eyelids
~2 Drops" After the Mov-ee, Motoring_or GoM
xi!l win your ennfi'len'--. /V-V \-vr Dmgxist
Mnrine ir ~ve N**** -*e.
Marine lym IttictUy c- fe?
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