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Springer, traffic manager of the f ed- eraticfn and the following excerpts speak for themselves: v . "Comparatively few persons realize the important part played by freight mtes. in their'-struggle for economic and financial success. They notonly do not realize how piuch they are af- fected by these fraght charges per- sonally, bat they know , very little of just what these rates are, how they are made or what they should be. Freight charges, like many , of our taxes, are paid inan indirect manner, and for this reason the man whci ac- tually or finallycontributes the money does not even know it. ' "How many farmers and grain men know that" somethMgfo«er 60% of the total earnings of the ,railroads in North Dakotais derived from the products of the firm? ... And how many know that while the'fariber is actually paying over 60% of these freight charges, he perhaps does not pay 1% directly to theraiiroads ~ again how many residents of North Dakota know that the discriminatory freight rates charge&North Dakota producers and consAmfrs posh the North Dakotafarms many miles fur- ther from the termtail'markets thai} they j«r*'.ih actual miles? It is the lack of definite knowledge on the'part of the average producer and consum- . er that is responsible for much of the criticism of the; so-called middle-men. "North Dakot* is so situated with reference : te 'the ; lation of consumption wwgW l^re that the fre^ht rAt^ or S^fot transportation^ from and to the'mar- kets is iwtigcrally and unavoidably high; But when this'high Tmte1a» _ wifairly increased, .th^i the at -transpora- tiontakes an unfair proportion of the cost of the basic commodities and both the producer and consumer must shrink their profits in proportion. "For this and many other economic reason!, it is quite essential'that rates he fair andTeasonable. As has often been suggested, the farmer, does not often concern himself with the rates on wheat from the elevator to which he sells to th<> terminal market, and yet the price he obtains is based :;on the terminal price less freight. It is often due to this high freight : rate' that the fkrmer or. producer thinks the buyer is not giving him a fib price; The present rate (before the July reduction) op wheat'from Break- - enridge, Minn., to Duluthja l4K.cents per 100 lbs., while the rate from Wah- ; peton, N. D., just across the state line, is lis cents. It is perfectly obvious that under these conditions Brecken- ridge elevators can afford to-pay 1V6. cents more per bushel for wheat than the Wahpeton elevators can afford to pay. It is for this, as well as for oth- Or reasons, that the grain buyer should know something of the freight rate situation of the state aside from the mere rate In'cents per 100 lbs. from his shipping point, .v.^ . "From Darling to Minneapolis, a distance of 100 miles, the rate is 12c per 100 lbs., while for the next 100 miles,' or from Audubon, tiie rate is only 14 c«!nts, or an increase of only 2 cents.for the increased distance. The rate to Moprhead; 40 miles further, or total distance of 240 miles from 'Minneapolis, is lift cents, bn addi- ition oti but ^ cent for the 40 miles. The distance from the Moorhead sta- tion to the Fargo station, across the - ™; . . .state line, is only 1.2' miles, and yet . the rate tq 'Fargo is 16^ cents, or 2 cents;more.- than•'the.'Moorhead 'rate. CiMseltoii :is 20 miles farther from Minneapolis ;th)»n Fargo and yet the rate is If H cents. In .other words, for the ad^ed haul of 40 miles in Min- nesota from,Aadabon to Moorhead the difference in freight rate is one-hislf of one cent, ^rhiwfo^r the added twen- ty-one ; milei iii^oirth Dakota, from : the stite line to Cailselton, a distance only about half as^j|«Ukt, a ctifference in',freigl|t rate of thm fients per 100 i-' lbL is madli, or l^ cents.per bushel : lk^w ! '...?.^ :-.o' wheat. ^.In atiU; btnW;:^rip,'.the iniirease in the freight: rto in-North Dfkota.fdr the.addM' mUi^e* is' six :^:i: tirtes -as great as the ucreas^ iai.Milk- ••t^'|w«()6ai-----.lhis'.i8.'|rhat.is . > criminatohr. freight rates.? - :y^p^ n-' •'The^K^-: ofifreight: rate* imlep that .^^e>^3eBi«th' c S . . , . . . . r tti. JinS'is; ^d. Us to the North ^Dakota stftf SCHOOL INSTALLS RADIO SET Preeeated l^ aaM ef lt22—Is* First Ik* school houto has been: such a mecca for Oakes citisens of various ages the lajt few one not "inth* kliow" might-ioiittMe^ that even Mch kindergarten misterial as Gus ^amhibtter, Otto El^r, Gene N^rlor next Monday.; The ttplahation of the sudden popularity of the ancient tern- pie of learning is, however, the arrival and r installation of the radio set pre- sented to'tihe school by the graduating class of 1922. ; At commencement time last spring the class announced that the money they made on their play "Fifty-Fifty," would be invested in such a pet, which waul to lie installed in time for the opening of school in the. fall. It came ;Monday, and through the valiant ef- 'forts of Mel Hoar, L. L. Wilson, J. C. Gould, and their boss, Vera Hoar, the outfit was. receiving concerts .that, ev- ening. With further ttining up, it has been functioning more effectively on succeeding day*. : The set was purchased tfirough the Oakes Electric Shop,~ being the high- est tyjte of receiver manufactured by the Westinghouse comp«ny. 'The aer- iist has been temporarily stretched be- tween the flagpole of the main build- ing and a pole set on the roof of. the trade building to the east. The in- struments; hare boen for the tiniey be- ing installed in the ofice,' hut ^ this loud speaker attachment can be moved to other rooms woffi. som«, addttional equipment is receded,-- ana the ton certs , listened to tl\ere. As thii is the first radio set in Oakes it has been quite a (^xriosity, and, as before mentioned, numbers of the peo- ple of the city have been; attending school temporarily since its arrfoaL Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson ed to Ellendale Wednesday. rW: y-H-; • 'ife.-' W&M- m viOoattiaed on last Governors at Meeting are Told that North western Part of ~* r is in IHre P« PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION MAPPED Officials Keeping>' a Sharp Eye Coal Prices vernors of the northwest states e been asked to issue proclama- tions calling on the people to con- serve coal on a wartime, basis in res- olutions adopted by the Northwest coal o^nmittee, in session at the Minnesota state capitol. All of the representa- tives agrreed to the necessity of war 'time conservation.. ; It is pointed "out that in 1918 there was several times as mdch coal at the head .of the lakes as now and conser- vation was iiracticed to the smallest detail, while nothing is being done to save, tte iuppiy no#. 1 • * The people of the northwest prob- ably will not realize the seriousness of the fituaition until the churches, pic- tujtf shows and schools' close their doors about Novetaber, according to one speaker,' who added that if therjs ever was need for coal conservation it is now. A plan for' ^ftlicify was decided upon to kMp'the price ff coal from soaring until <the -bill no# before con- gress is ija«jWC';;'<f'. %'W*-' • The publicity plan mil be carried out in conjonction with priority orders to be granted consumers in each state by the joint coal committee. Repre- sentatives ,<H this committee in ieach state will receive applications for fuel, investigate them and give tlfem a rat- ing, after which they will be forward- ed to the 7 joint comiyittee which will be maintained at the stete" capitol. The plan provides that the central committee will then -pass on the or- ders and send the mos^ worthy to the head of the lakes, where a car service agent will have the orders filled from the docks. The agent will /also lean the source and price ; of the coal and return this record to the central com- mittee. •• ' \i'Q- • In* the meantinie investigation of prices charged consumers will be made ini ^h state^^ a dfort made thru publicity aiid thru the handling of cars by the interstate commerce commis- sion to deal with ..doth: operators or other dmlers who 'endeavor to charge an unfair price. { v tiw representatives fcgreed that th<i situation is alarininijr. South Dakota has qnly. a two weeks' sup-, p^r.' The dockf at the headi of the lakes are virttally bslri^ii and' the supply throughout Mizinesota is n^< le.. : Iowi,, although ita mines are' jr igatiw hasa y^i^ns^p- ;<on' .ha;id and (fome ftdw&iss art ~ -.Willi 'cl«»ii|g,:? TM situatirai ,in" Ntfrth: Dakota is .Hi saW:' that there «re' ar*;new safferin^ fro^r the shmtag*. a He who would a courtki^ go? m, STIRUM COUPLE WED IN OAKES Miss Alice Mae Hanter Becomes Bride s . Frank S. Black . . «•> / l 'Q-fyp The wedding of Miss Alice Mae Hunter, daughter of Rev. W. H. Hun- ter, D. D., formerly of Fargo but no# residing at Stirum, and Frank Sumner Black, son of Mrs. C. G. Black of Stir- um, was solemnized Wednesday, Aug. 30, at, the home of Rev. S. B. Do* " The ceremony took place at 11:00 m. and was performed by Dr. Hum fatJ^tofthe^rid^4who^w mr ttne. Doty. " . ' The fcride wore a gown of sui&t blae silk georgette crepe Over rose satin, and carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and pale pink glad- iolas. The home decorations were pink and white asters, pink gladiolas, and pink and white phlox. Immediately after the ceremony a three course dinner was served. The color' scheme of the dining room was pink aiid white. Mrs. BlackX is well* and favorably known by a host of friends in Fargo, where she resided for many years and received her education. / • Mr. Black is a successful merchant of Stirum, where a newly furnished bungalow awaits their return. - Mr. Black and his- bride are taking a three weeks • honeymoon four by auto to Fargo, the Twin cities, Min- nesota lakes and Sioux Falls, S. D. The out of town guests at the #ed- ding Were Mrs.. C. G. Black, Dr. W. H, Hunter, Miss Carrie Black and Peter MceKrieher, all of Stirum,' and Mrs. Cressey, sister of the groom, of Sioux Falls, S. D. LA MOURE MAN BUYS GARAGE Larson ft Price Dispose of Business to Earl H. Ellison •?.: v-'y \ ' ' Xt; A deal was closed this week where- by the Oakes Garage, which has been conducted by Messrs. Larson & Price for several months, became the prop-i erty of Earl H. Ellison of LaMoure, possession being given,Monday. ' Mr. Ellison is a young man of very pleasing appearance and comes well ^recommended. He has had consider- ~ble. iekpgrjence in giving "'the public class garage service ^nd should make ia success of his new venture. He promises to give 'the people of Oakes and vicinity what they want in his line and seems capable of doing it. Mr. Larson of the old firm intends to move to a farm some time in the near future and hopes to be able to wrestle a livelihood from old Mother Earth in spite of unfavorable agricul- tural conditions. His erstwhile part- ner, D. L. Price, will devote most of his time this fall to the auctioneer business, which has claimed his atten- tion for several years. Both these men stand well in the 1 community and their decision to retire 1 from business Will be genuinely re- gretted by their friends who, at the time time, will wish success .to the new proprietor. .Mr. Ellison's announcement appears on another page ip this issue. ,, S. J. Landberg and son, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Johnson and Mrs. Holl- berg of Winthrop, Minn., spent the past weejc at the Gustafson, Bowman and Ar#ik homes. •VtVi DEATH RESULTS « FROM ACCIDENT John Feltis, Aged Oakee RttrnM, ; Victim of Runaway When Dog .. .~ Attacks His Horse BLOOD VESSEL IS RUPTURED Funeral Services Conducted in Oakes Tuesday Afternoon ' Ofir Wandering Boy Returns!^ : Dennis, J. Bloomer arrived yester- day afternoon from Nfew York city for a brief visit with relatives and old time friends,, and will be a guest at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.' Dill, for about a week. Dennis, who first felt the lure of print- er's ink in the Times office, has spe- cialized in solving the mysteries of why linotypes go wrong. As a detec- tive in this li^e;he has met with mark- ed success, and is at, present holding « position, as linotype machinist in the big towq. Since leaving Oakes he has managed to see a good deal of the country.histravelstaking him, among other places, to Honolulu, Chicago, and Ne# York. This is his first visit to the oUT home town in nearly four yean, and naturally his folks are glad to see. him, as well : as his old friends/ although Dennis" complains that all hi* old cronies have either £ied; moved away or married, tttree fates which he, seems to regard as analogous. .. • Fight for Army Reduction ' . jteneWal : of the. fight in coiigresB for even further xeductifh- of the na- tion's armed strength was foreseen as the navy department prepared to ask congress' for an increase of 10,- 000 over the present authorized per? sonnel of. 86^000. i- Navy department heads^ expecting thai ,their reqiiest Ml be the' signal for sL- dfinand fpr redaction i»itead of (an ; iiicitose, are t>r*paring ' data: to praye that the present rifcval strength hi-Inadequate for national defense. " i>. i , Nineteen itfeight cars: w«ra burned n of myitfriofus origin atiGreat, onday nijrtt. inftfire Falls, Mont., Pokes Labor Board Decisions ;Bert M. Jewell, president of the striking railway shopmen, has sent a message to his followers from his hid- ing: place. He urges his men to stand firin, declaring they are labor's hope in the great industrial war which has raged since the world war ended. "We don't appear to be able to get justice, food, clothing or shelter from the railroads, the president, congress or the railroad labor board," Jewell stated. "We must therefore rely on ourselves, and ourselves only." Referring directly to the railroad executives, the message said: "Despite your threats, your cunning and your scheming you are licked and ypu and all your associates know it." The message declares that decisions of the railroad labor board are prom- ises written on sand. Jewell's hiding place, to which he filed "shortly after the federal injunc- tion was issued, is unknown to the federal authorities. Hope of testing the Daugherty in- junction received a temporary* set- back when federal men announced s^andonment of the case against Jos- eph Kloborki, arrested for loitering around railroiui property, which is a violation t>f the injunction. Kloborki dii|,; hot intentionally violate the in- jupjetfon, it is believed, and a stronger caiiiB .is wanted to make the test. President to Reeeire SSd Degree President Harding ttSPVOI to;Cleyeland and Detroit V18 and ,19: to participate . In laying tiie corner stone tot th« oew ^|tsmt jtem- ple at Detroit the l&th and the fol- io#!^ day to take the 33d degree in Masonry at Cleveland. Market day at Edmore, N. D., prov- ed so' beneficial to farmers and busi- nesi men in encouraging agricultural ejftraimeutation-and oeminang nla- tiiws tiiit it has been decided to make the affair an annual elrsnt. ^ John Feltis, one of Oakes' pioneer residents, died about 6:00 o'clock last Monday evening as the result of in juries received in a most peculiar ac- cident Which happened Sunday night, Mr. Feltis, who had been employed at the Roland McGhill farm near Ver- ona, spent Sunday at home with his wife and was on his way back, driving one horse hitched to a buggy. As he #as passing the Raatz farm north of this city a dog sprang from the tall grass by the roadside and attacked the hdrse, fastening its teeth in the animal's nose. The horse, Which was frightened by this unlooked for as- sault, ran away, throwing Mr. Feltis from the buggy. He did not realize that he had been injured, though bad- ly shaken up, and walked to the Nels Hanson farm. From there he was taken to«McGhill's. About 12 o'clock Sunday night he became ill and lost consciousness. A physician was summoned and every- thing possible done to save his life, but without avail, as he passed away the following evening, supposedly be cause of a ruptured blood vessel sus- tained in the accident. Mr. Feltis was born Feb. 1, 1853, at Quebec, Canada, and came to the Unit- ed States with his father at the age of twelve years, settling in Iowa. On Dec. 30, 1881, he was united in mar- riage to Miss Kathryn McCormel, the couple moving to Dickey county in 1884 and taking up theif residence on a homestead. For the past few years they have been residents of Oakes. The deceased is survided by his wife, four brothers, Sam of LaMoure, Win- field and William of Burr Oak, Iowa, and Robert of Haywarden, Sask., Can- ada, and two sisters, Mrs. Tellepaugh of Prosper, Minn., and Mrs. Peacock of Burr Oak, Iowa. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the Methodist church, Rev. J. D. Smith officiating. Interment was made in the Oakes cemetery. The sysmpathy of the entire com inunity is extended to the wife) broth- ers and sistes and other relatives in their berea^ment. Rifles Being Sent to Mexico Agents of the government in El Paso, Texas, who are closely follow- ing revolutionary activities in Mexico, have information that Manhel Pelaez has chartered two ships t^ cany rifles and ammunition to Mexieo for revo tionary purposes.' '• ' One of .the. ships is to be loaded a; a port in Spain and .another in Ger ,many, according to the report. v-. , /It might, be a gom) idea to ship the Mexicans gaits, that; shoot both ways. r ENDOFVACATION PERIOD IS NEAR Fishing Tackle, Marbles and Other V- Paraphernalia- Must Be Dis- carded in Few' Days ' rw '- ; ? > • SCHOOL OPENS SEPTEMBER 11 ' f ' ' T\ 4 1 / *' 1 " y\ • '• hVr ^•5," fi ** r * Enrollment Promises to Be Larger than Ever Befoife * Next Monday morning, September =; 11, the old school bell will toll out the end of the vacation period for the boys and girls of Oakes. School ses- sions will be resumed at 9 o'clock ^ throughout all departments for the first day, according to Supt. J.»C. Gould. ^ Thereafter the schedules of the various departments will be an- nounced to the scholars concerned. These will probably be very much the same as last year. The congestion in the public schools due to the inadequate building accom- modations will be aggravated greatly thisf year by reason of the fact that the St. Charles parochial school will not be operated owing to inability to . secure Sisters for teachers. Just how this emergency will be met by the " public school authorities had not been decided at this writing. The parochial school has provided for forty or more of the grade children of the city, and > adding this number to the enrollment of the public schools will necessitate some new move in the matter, of ' quarters. The teaching staff remains the same as that of last year in the grades. In the high school faculty there will be a : few changes. Mrs. Denning will con- tinue as prindpal, Miss Craig as in- structor of nome economics, Miss '< Ewen will have charge of the music, and Mr. Wyttenbach will go on with i; his coaching and commercial work. In place of Miss Shade, who goes this year to Joliet, 111., Miss Zella Murray of Churchs Ferry has been engaged. 'Miss Murray is a graduate ; of Carleton college at Northfield, Min- : nesota. Part of her high school work : was taken under Mr. Gould while he . superintendent at Churchs Ferry, ; isid she comes with his personal re- commendation as "being one of the best students he has had during his experience as a teacher.- The science' and mathematics de- ; partment, which has been fbr the past ^ three years' 1 under the direction of ; Miss Thomas, will be taught this year ' by Miss Irene Koeneke of Pekin, 111. ; Miss Koeneke is a graduate of Cen- tral Wesleyan college of Warrentown, Mo., and has had two years of very successful experience. She comes highly recommended by those who are ; in a position to know of her ability , and work. . • —. v W. K. De La Hunt, who for two j years had charge of the manual train- : ing and commercial departments, has > been engaged for the morning ses- • sions, to care for the manual training work of the grades and high school. A number of new students are en- | tering the high school, especially in i the upper classes, and the enrollment promises to be large throughout the > whole school. The athletic stock of the high school took a big boost when : it was learned that the Ankeny broth- ^ era of Riverdale wil) cotp^lete their high school courses at OAkes. Their ; performance in basketball last year marked them as valuable material and ; their registration here put a smile on Coach Wyttenbach's face. J V - ^ % ' > .4 w '4 Turks Whip Greeks News ''of the successive reverses suffered by the Greeks at the hands ; < of the Turkish nationalists is believed ; in London to forecast early evacuation : ^ of Asia Minor by the Greek army. Indeed, the evacuation has already i>i begun, according to the Daily Mail, > i E hich quotes Greek official circles in %s ondon as declaring that the army M will be out of the country in three y weeks. The army is worn out with % fighting. Many of the soldiers have been in one battlefield or another for the last twelve years and they are thoroughly disheartened by the conviction that 0 there is nothing tangible to fight for. The Greek government notified Eng-1| land on Saturday of its decision tofi evacuate Asia Minor, including the Smyrna enclave, and asked the as- ..-4 sistance of the allies, in arranging an armistice. • - . ' Five Boys are Paroled. ' '0, Five boys who recently confessed to committing thefts.in Devils Lake: during the summer, when arraigned before Judge Buttz, were each paroled under a suspended sentence commit- ting each to the state training school at Mandan until attaining 21 years of age. Each is placed under the cus- tody of a parole officer. Two were ottered to leave the city and find : employmeBt,on some farm. All were ordered to be in : their homes every night except Saturday nights, when they mfey bfl away until 10 b'clock, ant# their..paroles expire. boys must do as their parents tell theftv and make regular reports to . their parole officers! , 'a WMi 2i £. AcS
