text: E*ui«ti&i<eci Open High .Low Close' Open Jilgh Low Close Puts Calls ,J 1888. (lias lewis & Co. STOCKS BONDS GRAIN COTTON 412-417 Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis^ MORTON BLOCK, FARGO ROBT. VANCE, Manager. The only resident member of the NEW YORK STOCK EX CHANGE Northwest of Chicaoo. kotaGrain Company sprain Merchants. Bututh Board of Trad*. Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. Grain shipments consigned to us will teceive careful attention and will be •old on their merits at the highest mar fcet value. We Bollcit your consignments. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chaa. E. Iieirli 4b C«. Grain and Stock Broker*. MOrtoa Block. Fa's*. December Wheat. 1 1 2 1.135 i 1.16% .... 1.06 Open Close Dul 1.07% 1.07% Chi. Open' High Low Close Minn. 1.06^4 1.07 k 1.06 1.07 1.14 1 1 2 1.13%B 1.«7% Hay wteat Chi. Minn. Dul 1.08% @1 09 1.09% 1 1 0 1.10% 1.08&. 1.10- l.llVa 1.11©% 1.09% 1-10% July Wheat*, Chi. Mlnii. Open High Low Olow :)i ...... 1.07*t 1.06% .V.ft 1.07%B fit LOota. May July Open' Close ... 1.11% 1.04% 1.13% 1.04% KaBHk Otf. May July Open Close ... 1.07 ..»» .... 1.08 1.00% MawYOxlk Dec. .. May July .... 1.19% .1.21% .... 1.20 1.22 WUUtCg, cfo»e Open High JJOW Close Dec. May ... July t.OS^l.04% 1.07%©tiM* 1.05% a 1.08%-% okiean C*rm. Dec. May July .66*0% -70%#Mi .67% .71% 66% .70% ,.... .67% .71% a '..... Ckiean Oats. Dec. May 41% .41^ .44%0* 40% -43 .41%* .44%a Ckleam PW*. July Dec. Jan. 17.95" 18.05 17.95 16.20a 18.05 4lay .11.00 11.10 17.95 lf.OSB mtaacaftOUa w«e«L May 1.07% 1.12% Wlaatpeit Close. No. 1 northern, 1.05% No. 2 north ern, 1.02% No. 3 northern, .99% cash ^is'ats, -39% December oats, ,89%B May ^Bat.s, .41 %B oats, NO. 8 C» w., .36% December flax, 1.78% May flax, .ISo'.aB. Mlaaea»onH Cask Cimw. No. 1 hard, 1.11% No. 1 northern, 1.08%& 1.07% choice. 1.10% arrive, .0*%u 1.09% choice, 1.10% No. 2 jorthern, 1.04% 1.06% No. 2 H. [out., 1.06% choice, 1.07% No. 3 lorthern, .9!)% @1.03% arrive, No. 2 Mont., 1.06% No. 1 durum, 1.03(& i.05 arrive, 1.02^1.04 No. 2 durum, l9*J® 1.02 No. 3 yellow corn, .73%(§ )i4% No. 4 yellow corn, .70 otner Jracies. .40®.73 No. 3 white oats, .38% .30: No. 4 white oats, .37®.38 barley, t'.fa .62 barley, choice, ,62% flax, 2.00~%®2.02% rye. .90^.91. Onluth Ca«h Cleae. No. 1 hard, 1.10% No. 1 northern, 'J.09% No. 2 northern, 1.06% ®1.06 (tats, cash, .38 rye, .91% barley, .55© i§3 No. 1 durum, 1.04% No. 2 durum, *.0u%©1.01% December durum, 1.04B May durum, 1.07% flax, cash, i.00%® 2.00%. Dulath Flax. Cftaae Deo. May Local northern 1.01 northern .............V*v» .95 No. 1 No. 2 NO. 3 northern CHICAGO LIVE8TOCK CLOSE. Hogs weak to 10c lower than, yesterday's average top, $6.65. Cattle and sheep steady. South St. Paul Livestock Close. Hog receipts 3,400, 15 to 20c lower top, $6.10 bulk, $5.85 to $5.95 range, $5.50 to $6.10. Cat-. tie receipts 750, steady. Sheep re ceipts 50, steady. Chicago: Hog receipts 28.0Q0, left over 7,782 steady. Mixed $6.25 to $6.65. Bough J6.06 to $6.25. Kcaw $6.30 to $6.65. Light $5.60 to $6.50. Cattle 300 steady. Sheep 3,000 steady. Omaha: Hog receipts 7,000. Cat-: tie 300. Sheep none. Kansas City: Hog receipts 2, 500. Cattle 200. Sheep none. •vg'j' 1 Bromhall's Report. Liverpool: Weakness in America was partly reflected here with undertone easy but market dull. Spot market easier unchanged to one lower with some pressure in Manitobas. Car market easy winters and Manitobas are lower. Buyers and sellers are apart with increasing pressure of spot and expectations of liberal American shipments as shown by Bradstreet's. Arrivals are being absorbed and English country markets one shilling dearer with weather against movements offers disappointing. Corn: Corn dull in spots and inclined lower. Parcels three lower. Argentine weather continues favorable for harvesting and movement of corn. Broomhall. Morning Grain Letter. Wheat—On any further decline we advise purchases May wheat. Corn Map shows unfavorable weather throughout the belt. We advise purchases May at this level. Oats—Oats will largely be influenced by action of other grains. We favor long side. Provisions—We expect plenty of hogs, duller trade and accumulations aside and fair demand by stock. Fargo, N. D. July 3, 1915— No. 1 8. hides cured $.17 8. 8. bull hides 14% O. 8. calf skins 17% Horse hides 8.60 No. 2 11 8.00 Green hides to less than cured. No. 1 Pelts, full wooled $.76 Pelts, medium to small 66 Tallow............06 Grease, white Grease, brown.68 No. 1 1.00 .04 .04 Bollta 6 Borers, $08 Broadway for next few months, and lower prices. Chas. E. Lewis & Co. Cash Wheat. Minneapolis Cash—Good demand for choice milling wheat. Lower grades low. No. 1 northern bluestem, 1½ to over December, few choice cars 31 cents over December. Chicago buying velvet chaff. Find some fair flour sales. Evening Grain Letter, Wheat: Except for occasional setbacks by local traders, the market has shown an undercurrent of strength. The buying came from influential speculative sources with a fair demand for the December by a local cash interest. Chicago has taken close to million bushels of wheat in Minneapolis to come here which is supposed to be for large cash interests who are short in this market. The large clearances of recent date have borne out the fact that export demand has been larger than the trade have realized. The recent bulls have liquidated their holdings while a short interest has been created, leaving the market in a good condition to resume an upward trend. Corn—Unsettled weather throughout the belt along with firmer tone in wheat was responsible for higher prices. Country advices as to corn conditions are sensationally bullish. The country still shows a holding tendency as far as supplies are concerned and are buying futures on all reactions. Corn values are now in line for another good advance and we favor purchases of May at this level. Oats—There was light trade and following other grains. Storms throughout the west are expected to curtail the movement. Prices will be influenced largely by action of other grains. Provisions—Trade has been unusually small, mostly local scalpers and commission. houses trading in small way with packers selling and offering January product. Chas. E. Lewis & Co, Grain Receipts. Chicago—Wheat 96, last year 124, Corn 210, last year 458. Cats 169, last year 124. Minneapolis—Wheat 1,015, last year 375. Wheat stocks increase 330,000. Oats increase 5,000 one day. Duluth—Wheat 476, last year 112. Flax 44, last year 9. For the week wheat stocks decrease 1,205,000 during the week increase 390,000 last year 165,000. Winnipeg—Wheat 1,243, last week 1,543, last year 211. Oats 246, last week 276, last year 33. Barley 51, last year 62. Flax 11, last week 30, last year 17. Southwest Receipts. St. Louis—Wheat 175,000, last year 103,000. Kansas City—Wheat 318,500, last year 192,000. Clearances. Wheat 5,000, flour 1,000, total 2,590,000. HIGH GRADE SHOES Continued From Page One. were made to sell the War Cry for the Salvation Army and they did a good job of it too. Others were put to work of shining shoes for all the women who passed down the streets if they cared to have their shoes shined free of charge. The ceremonial work was splendidly put on by the patrols and degree teams and everybody was pleased with the entire event. Continued From Page One. by The New York Times indicating that England may detain the Oscar II, the Ford Peace ship pending an examination of its cargo a most peculiar situation. Is created for North Dakota. As Governor Hanna, the only governor to accept Mr. Ford's invitation, is a passenger on the peace ship, in the event the ship is interned, that state will be without a governor until the end of the war. While the trip was expected to take thirty-five days, the slow procedure in the British prize courts, of course, assuming that the boat is detained, may result in a stay much longer than was originally anticipated. Just what effect this would have on the political situation in North Dakota, it is of course impossible to tell but if there is a delay, the result would be most interesting. Hanna for Bigger Navy. In an interview with The Evening Journal, made just before sailing, Governor Hanna declared he was prepared for preparedness. "Not all of the pilgrims," the interview states, "believe in disarmament. Governor Hanna of North Dakota declared he was going just to see what Europe looked like now. "I told Mr. Ford I believed in preparedness," declared Governor Hanna. "I believe America is not prepared. We should have a mighty navy and an army strong enough to guarantee peace. Why am I going? Why, to tell the truth, I am going just to see what Europe looks like now. I was over there before the war. I'd like to see how war has affected her." England May Detain. The special cable, received by The New York Times, indicating that the vessel may be detained, is as follows: Americans in London were speculating today over the possibility of the Oscar II.'s being held up by the authorities in British waters for inquiry into her cargo and what the ultimate chances might be for the steamer being detained beyond the time for the contemplated peace power. Inquiry at the American embassy revealed no word there regarding the character of the Oscar II.'s cargo. It was admitted that British authorities had a perfect right, once the steamer with the pacifists aboard should get into British waters, to board her and investigate her cargo. If it happens that the Oscar II carries contraband in her hold, the authorities can run her into a harbor and hold her for a prize court. In that event, Mr. Ford and his confreres would be detained at some English port until the government here decided what to do with them. As their passports wouldn't allow roaming in England, the pilgrims probably would have to be kept either on the vessel in port or housed in a hotel under political restraint. Later on, the British authorities probably would let them go on with their trip. While the British government is not inclined to be captious about the Oscar II., it is freely admitted by the American authorities here that to inquire into the Oscar II.'s cargo is entirely within reason and quite a proper procedure. Long Term for Childress. Fergus Falls, Dec. 9.—Judge Parsons pronounced sentence on George Childress in the district court in this city Wednesday. Childress was convicted last Saturday on a charge preferred by Irma Lemke, of Oak Valley, and sentence was deferred until today. The sentence pronounced yesterday here is indeterminate, but will be from seven to thirty years. The penalty is very severe, as the girl was only 14 years of age. It is announced that everyone will be asked to go to the benefit entertainment at the normal school auditorium next Wednesday evening—LADIES OUT. Arrangements are being completed today for the big benefit entertainment to be given at the normal school auditorium next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock under the auspices of the Benevolent society of Moorhead. The ladies of the society are already out selling tickets for the event with the aim of raising at least $500 to be used in charity work during the winter. The price of admission will be 50 cents to all and the program which is now being prepared and will be announced on Monday will be well worth the charge made. No seats will be reserved for the entertainment but the doors will open at 7 o'clock and the first to come will have their choice of the seats. The following committee is in charge of the program and arranging for the ticket sale: Miss Harriet Hunt, Mrs. V. E. Verne, Miss Nellie Hopkins, George Comstock, Leslie Welter, jr., W. R. Contain and James Sharp. On Monday morning the tickets for the entertainment will be placed on sale at the following: The Comstock hotel. The New Columbia hotel. The Moorhead National bank. The First National bank. The First National bank. The First National bank. Macnab pharmacy. Mackall's drugstore. Nesheim's drugstore. 103,276 FARMERS FARMING OF MINNESOTA MAY HAVE BOOKS ON FARMING FREE OF CHARGE FROM THE FARMERS' LIBRARY BUREAU OF STATE UNIVERSITY. Reaching out into every progressive farmhouse in the state and outside the Minnesota boundaries into faraway homesteads in Washington and Texas, the Farmers' Library bureau of the University of Minnesota, after five years of dissemination of agricultural knowledge, today shows in its first official report a list of readers equal to the population of Minnesota. The work of the department is to issue small volumes on scientific and practical farm subjects of pertinent interest. On such variant subjects as soil-tillage and the acridities of Minnesota, the booklets are designed to appeal to every interest of the farmer. Issued usually with the regularity of popular magazines, they are snatched up as readily. In the nine months from January to October, 103,276 farmers applied and were supplied with volumes on farm and community subjects. The Farmers' library is one of the activities of the extension division of the university farm, and is one of the biggest as well as the most important features of the department's work, according to the figures prepared by W. P. Kirkwood, who is supervising the publications. Prepared by Experts. The volumes of the library are prepared by experts in various departments of the farm at the university and outside. The symposium of volumes is supposed to represent the best of new ideas on agriculture and farm management. Farmers are given advice and instructed on the best methods of dairy and poultry production in the state. and on the various soil possibilities. Great stress is laid in the booklets on the necessity of rooting out old superstitions among farmers. Over a large portion of Minnesota, the finger of destiny has inscribed the words, "to be dedicated to dairying." One bulletin tells the farmers, and another ridicules the idea that the growing of flax is injurious to the land as being without foundation and reason. The bureau is given credit in the report for having initiated into practical use most of the intensive farm methods employed by the progressive farmers of the state. Success is inspired. On the establishment of farmers' clubs such pointed mottoes for success as "Organize Business," "Improve the Schools," "Inspire Enthusiasm," are sent broadcast by means of this literature. Booklets on fifty-six subjects besides numerous bulletins on especially scientific topics issued by the experiment stations of the university compose the farmers' libraries to be found over the state. Of the literature distributed during the five years, two-thirds of the booklets were sent to Minnesota farmers and the other third distributed on the request of farmers in various parts of the country. Literature sent out to farmers within the state is free. For readers outside the state, a nominal charge to cover the cost of publication is asked. SELVIG OF CROOKSTON HEADS VALLEY DAIRYMEN Fergus Falls, Minn., 11.—The Red River valley dairymen closed their convention here and the officers elected were: C. G. Selvig of Crookston, president; L. Jensen, Clear Brook, first vice president; A. B. Stensgaard, McIntosh, second vice president; L. J. Houske, Halstad, secretary. Davidson, Climax, treasurer. Resolutions were adopted, in favor of paying for cream according to quality, and also for the pasteurizing of all cream, as changing marketing conditions make the necessity of better raw material essential for the future success of dairying. 25 LADIES ORGANIZE GYM CLASS FOR WINTER Twenty-five ladies of Afro-the-Sea have organized a gymnasium class and under the direction of Dr. Sturgis of the normal school, they will meet at the normal gymnasium each Wednesday evening during the winter between the hours of 7:30 and 8:30 to play basket ball, learn folk dancing and take part in other gymnastic exercises. The new club is composed of teachers from most of the schools of the city and many of the town ladies. It is expected that the class will be made larger as the work at the gymnasium progresses. Owing to the benefit entertainment to be given at the normal auditorium next Wednesday evening the class on that night will meet at 7 o'clock sharp. FARGO FROM AND DAILY REPUBLICAN. SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER, 1915. LAWYER IS HERE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL HERE AND WILL ASSIST COUNTY ATTORNEY DOSLAND IN THE PROSECUTION OF WILLIAM BRENOEMUHL. Judge John C. Nethnway, Assistant attorney general of Minnesota, arrived in the city this morning from St. Paul and will be connected with County Attorney C. G. Dosland in the trial of the state against William Hrendemuhl which will be started in district court here Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The defendant is charged, with the murder of his brother-in-law, Ole Norby, at the Norby farm near Eragnes last September. Attorney F. H. Peterson will fight the case for Brendemuhl. Judge Nethaway and County Attorney Dosland drove out to the Norby farm, ten miles north of this city, today and looked over the ground where the murder was committed. Mr. Nethaway is one of the best known criminal lawyers in the northwest. Three years ago, he assisted in a murder trial in the local court in which John Kondos of Oilworth was charged with manslaughter. Kondos was sentenced to the state prison but has since been pardoned. The district court adjourned this noon until Monday after the trial of A. E. Hibbie against X. P. Jensen, a civil case, was completed and given to the jury. At a late hour this afternoon, the jury had not yet reported Hibbingtans. NORTHERN MINNESOTA DEVELOPMENT MEN END BIG SESSION AT BEMIDJI—ELECTED MIDDLETON OF BAUDETTE AS NEW PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION. Bemidji, Minn., Dec. 11.—C. R. Middleton of Baudette was chosen president of the Northern Minnesota Development association here yesterday at the closing session of the sixth annual meeting. Several officials were re-elected and the same executive committee will serve except that G. W. Empy of Hinckley will take the place of J. C. King of Mora. Hibbing was named as the place for the next summer meeting of the association. Officers who were re-elected included F. S. Lycan, Bemidji, vice president George Mumford. Two-Harmors, treasurer, and George McCarthy, Duluth, secretary. Two State Officials Attend. J. A. O. Preus, state auditor, and Walter Smith, state treasurer, were present, but left for Cass Lake before the end of the meeting. Mr. Prous advocated the sale of municipal bonds, of which $2,000,000 worth are awaiting in the buyers. He said such a plan, if allowed by the constitution, would enable communities to obtain money at 4 percent rather than at 6 or 8 percent, which is being paid now. Discussion Grows Warm. Recommendations of the committee on rural credits caused a heated discussion late yesterday between supporters of the methods proposed and their critics. An argument between D. F. Carmichael of Minneapolis and E. Dana Durand of the University of Minneapolis and members of the committee was followed by suggestions by members of the association of means by which credit could be insured to settlers in northern counties. In opposition to the recommendations of the committee, Mr. Carmichael quoted laws passed in 1905 and 1912, which, he contended, provided for much which the committee recommends. Building Up Dairy Herds. The future of the northern section of the state as a dairy country was emphasized by practically all of the speakers on the rural credit question. Many of the proposals dealt with means of building up dairy herds for cut-over farms. J. J. Opsahl, of Bemidji, urged an investigation of the so-called Ashland, Wis., dairy plan of financing and building up herds. A. G. Wedge of Bemidji, explained the plan in detail and advocated its introduction in northern Minnesota. LARGECROWDS AT REVIVALS SPECIAL PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED TODAY FOR THE SUNDAY EETI NG REV. KEELER PREACHED EXCELLENT SERMON LAST EVENING. The attendances of the evangelistic campaign at the Moorhead Presbyterian church have steadily increased each evening and last night the evangelists had the satisfaction of ministering to a large and appreciative audience. Miss L. Wagner of Moorhead handles very effectively the High grade piano of Stone & Coy, and the song services are heartily supported by the people present. Last night, Evangelist Paulsen sang the solo. To Thee, I Fly, with telling effect, and his hearers realized from this earnest effort in song that only the personal possession of a living Christ was a sufficiency for the security of the life in this world and the life to come. Evangelist Keeler used the 12th chapter of Hebrews as his scripture lesson and verses 27, 28, and 27 to contain the thought of the evening. His theme was, The Things Which Cannot Be Shaken, and he handled it in a masterly manner, naming as some of the things which cannot be shaken, the sovereignty of God, the love of God, God's plan of salvation, and the cross of calvary. There will be service this evening at the usual hour and the services for Sunday are as follows: 10:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m.—Morning worship. Methodist church soloist, Mrs. Paul Paulsen. 3 p.m.—Men's meeting, Presbyterian church soloist, Evangelist Paul Paulsen. 4 p.m.—Women's meeting, Presbyterian church soloist, Mrs. Paul Paulsen. 7:30 p.m.—Evening service, Presbyterian church soloists, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Paulsen. Many people in Moorhead and Fargo will take advantage of these meetings to hear the evangelists, and as the nesting accommodation is somewhat limited, the public is duly notified that first come will be first seated. PLACE PICKED FOR THE RINK Moorhead's skating rink will be located on the lot at Front and Ninth streets, this being considered by the council to be the most desirable spot. Work of flooding the new rink was started last night by the city force and it is expected that the rink will be ready for use three or four days if the nights remain cold enough for good freezing. The council has arranged for a small building to be moved to the rink where the skaters can warm themselves and put on their skates. LYCEUM THEATRE CLUB HEADS BOWLING LEAGUE TEAM STANDINGS. Won. Lost. Pet. Lyceum 13 5.721 Moorhead Nat'ls. 12 6.666 First Nationals.. 12 6.666 The Moose Club... 500 Houglums 18 18.277 Moorhead News.. 8 18.166 The Lyceum took the lead in the Lyceum Theatre. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Leek 206 180 157 183 154 1 XI Heller.. 165 155.04 P. Albert 196 189 A. Peterson 167 177 179 Totals 918 8.87 Grand total pins, 2,645 Moorhead News. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Comstock 174 156 128 Welter 156 116 108 Costain. 163 144 127 Welter 135 135 135 J. Sharp 117 127 The morning service at the Congregational Church will be held at the Congregational Church. National church will begin at 10:30 o'clock and Rev. Dwight F. Mowery, pastor of the church, will preach a sermon on The Church of the Living God. His subject for the evening service at 7:30 o'clock will be, A Man and His Mission. BIG MEETING AND DANCE FOR YEOMEN The Advance Homestead T. & L. REPORT men beat the Moorhead News Ave, three games in a row, all the games being won by a large margin. Leek and Heller for the winners made the high scores of the match with 206 and 204. The score: 127, Handicap 60 60 60 Totals 738 678 Grand total pins, 2,121. SENATOR PETERSON TO ADDRESS THE SEMINAR Sen. F. H. Peterson will address the Men's Seminar at the Congregational church tomorrow noon on the subject of Peace—In Relation With the United States. All men of the city interested in the work of the Seminar and the subject for tomorrow are cordially invited to be present. Brotherhood of America, at their next regular meeting, on Tuesday evening, Dec. 14, will hold their annual election of officers. A class of thirty new members will be admitted into the order. The newly organized degree staff will have charge of the initiatory work. This large class has been secured by Dist. Mgr. J. A. Bellmeur and his assistant workers. After the regular work at the hall, which will be over at 10 o'clock, the members and their friends will enjoy dancing at the Comstock hotel. Invitations have been sent to Fargo, Hawley and Dilworth members. All Yeomen and their friends are invited. EAST SIDE NOTES Al Evenson left this afternoon for Detroit, Mich., on business. Mr. and Mrs. August Frisk of the city was visitors in the city today. Leonard Mellum and Otto Glbj were Ulen farmers visiting in Mohead this morning. Chief of Police W. E. Ebling Barnesville spent last evening in the city. P. J. Pranger of St. T. Breed Crookston were among the guests at the New Columbia hotel today. M. G. Tathrop, a well-known Steuben business man, was an arrival in Moorhead this morning. Misses Amelia Granke and Marga Cormach of Hillsboro visited in the city today. Fred Scheel of Sabin and Gunston O. Leo of Glendon were among Comstock hotel guests last evening. Dr. R. Patterson, A. L. Felde, A. Baker, and L. M. Norby were Barnville visitors in the city last night. Miss Florence Ekiund returned last evening from Lake Park and spent Sunday at the home of his parents in this city. Mrs. E. Quale and son, Oscar Hendrum, are visiting with friends in this city for a few days. A fire started in the Flaten building on Front Street this morning, doing about $150 damage before the flames were extinguished. Atty. A. A. Miller of Crookston was a prominent business visitor at the courthouse this morning. A record attendance is expected at the regular meeting of the South Side Community club next Monday night at the Second ward school building. President Weld of the normal school gave an address. The officers for the new year will be elected as refreshments will be served at a close of the meeting by three of the ladies of the club. The tag day at Concordia College yesterday was more than successful and netted over $250 for the Athletic association of the school. The money will be used during the Winter in connection with basketball. Rev. Hultman gave a very pleasant recital at the Swedish Methodist church last evening before a large audience. Rev. F. M. Eckman, pastor of Swedish Lutheran church, left yesterday for St. James, Minn., where he will attend the funeral services of his mother which will be held tomorrow. M. C. Gray, a member of the Minnesota state tax commission, was in the city yesterday and spent the day in the courthouse on business with the county auditor. The Red Men elected the following officers at the meeting Thursday night: Sachem, F. R. Wensel; senior su, More, X. E. Reinle; junior su, Louis Borgen; chief of records, E. Flaten; keeper of wampum, Ben Hanson; collector of wampum, E. Melander; prophet, Pete Jesten; three great suns, J. W. Higgins. REPRESENTATIVES OF TRADES ASSEMBLY MAKE REPORT ON THE TEST THAT WAS GENTLEMEN: IN pursuance of your instructions, I was present at the so-called test of the work of the Agassis school building, Nov. 6, 1915, by the master builders, and have since that time read the report given out by them of same. I arrived at the building at 1 o'clock p.m. and stayed until 5 p.m. and watched the proceedings closely. My attention was first drawn the small part of the roof tested and the small amount of iron used. The part covered was a trifle over 200 square feet. The tested part was not the weakest part of the roof, but on the contrary, the strongest part of the panel which was loaded. The bridging between the trusses said to have been tested was removed, but the area loaded was not cut loose from the other part of the roof and the weight was supported by the center panel, over 1,000 square feet of roof. Architect Grove Hancock was present and remonstrated with those in charge for not cutting this section loose, but he was told that he was not running the test. Engineer Scommer states that a weight of over eighty pounds to the square foot of roof tested was used. As this weight was sustained by the whole panel of over 1,000 square feet, it appears to me to be about eighteen pounds per square foot. Both he and the master builders claim this weight to be equal to sixteen feet of snow, figuring snow weighs five pounds per cubic foot, but anyone familiar with snow need not be told that snow sixteen feet high would exert a pressure of 300 or 400 pounds per square foot on the surface weighted. This test would be similar to a man putting a row of kegs of nails across a floor and claiming that because the floor held this row of kegs that the entire floor could be covered with kegs of nails and be perfectly safe. Mr. Scommer does not in any part of his report say the roof is safe—that conclusion is put forward by the master builders. Incomplete as this test was, Mr. Scommer in his report calls attention to some 2x6 timbers pulling apart. In my estimation, the test was no test at all for the reason that the way it was made one couldn't tell what the roof would carry. IN THE LABOR WORLD ON AGASSIZ ROOF MADE BY MASTER BUILDERS ON QUESTIONED ROOF. At a meeting of the Trades and Labor Assembly, held on Friday, Dec. 3, the representative of the organization, who was delegated to be present at the test of the roof of the Agassiz school house, made the following report, which speaks for itself: To the Trades & Labor Assembly of the City of Fargo, MARTIN ARNESON. KEATING TO OFFER CHILD LABOR LAW Washington, Dec. 11.—On the opening day of congress, Senator Owen of Oklahoma and Representative Keating of Colorado will introduce simultaneously at the opposite ends of the Capitol a child labor bill which provides that where it is shown that ore child is employed in violation of its provisions the entire product of the institution shall be considered tainted and barred from interstate commerce until the concern purges itself by removing the condition complained of. The bill will make it unlawful to employ children less than 14 in ordinary manufacturing occupations or less than 16 in mines and quarries and no child less than 16 shall be employed longer than eight hours a day in any establishment. The merchant who Christmas Pictures We have a fine line of suitable framed and unframed pictures of various subjects for holiday gifts. You Can Save Money By Coming Up Broadway for Your Pictures. North Dakota Decorating Company 306 Broadway. Phone 699. A Christmas Present She Will Like Give her a loose leaf cooking book, indexed and in a handsome case. Hundreds of best recipes at a moment's notice. Bays goods are protected by a provision which specifies that he shall ask for a certificate that child labor is not employed and if the certificate is given he is not to be held liable, but the concern giving it is to be responsible if it proves false. Various child labor organizations have amalgamated in what is known as the National Child Labor committee to push this legislation. FORKS TYPOGRAPHY OFFICERS FOR YEAR Grand Forks, Dec. 11.—Grand Forks Typographical union No. 51 elected the following officers at the annual meeting of that organization here Sunday afternoon: President—F. W. Hummel. Vice President—Conrad Meyer. Secretary-Treasurer—A. J. Tagley. Recording Secretary—F. Hiestand. Seager-at-Arms—J. T. Neville. Executive Committee—E. Harding, Peter Therkeldsen, F. Hiestand. Auditors—Otto Keller, Peter Therkeldsen, George W. Jones. Delegates to Trades Assembly—Conrad Meyer, S. S. McDonald, F. T. Heffand. A Prize of the Rich. The Tubular of Chicago has an editorial in a recent issue that is worthy of of reproducing here. It tells of some things the rich can do and the poor get punished for the same offense. "A public-spirited Chicago woman, Mrs. F. I. Lillie, has exposed to public view how police officials contemptuously disregard the rights of the poor and how they contemptibly criticize the rich. Mrs. Lillie had observed the arrest, for no legal offense whatever, of Miss Ellen Oat's Starr of Hull House, who was helping some strikers in peaceful picketing. She promptly took Miss Starr's place and plainly told the policeman: 'You do not dare to arrest me because I am rich. You do not arrest the rich.' Many a person has been arrested, thrown into a cell, and fined, or otherwise punished, whose only offense was to address remarks to a policeman less disrespectful or defiant than Mrs. Lillie's. But she remained unmolested. To arrest her would have meant risking a fight in the courts, such as a poor person can not make. The fight might have resulted in properly penalizing the policeman, or his superiors, for abusing power as to violate the rights of a citizen. So the officer prudently refused to accept Mrs. Lillie's challenge. Picketing of a building in Chicago during a strike is not only a lawful proceeding, but can be done without fear of police interference, provided that rich women do the picketing." Printer's Agreement. Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 11.—Commercial printing houses have accepted the new wage scale of Typographical union. Three-year agreement has been signed. The rates are now $25 per week for hand men and $27 for machine operators. The union is negotiating a newspaper scale. To Honor Merchant Baltimore, Dec. 11 —The Typographical union has appointed a committee to consider the question of erecting a monument to Ottmar Mergenthaler, inventor of the typesetting machine. The union declares that "the greatest interest in the art of typesetting in America, second only in importance to that of movable type, made by Gutenberg, was devised in Baltimore by Ottmar Mergenthaler." OTTAWA FEES, DISSK SETS, Globe Gazette Printing Company, 616 First Avenue North. LOCAL LABOR NOTES? The Square Deal The laboring man who stays out of the union of his craft is doing a wrong to himself, his family, and his fellow man. God feeds the birds, but he doesn't throw the food into their nests. If you want anything, nowadays you must be organized at order to get it. Every union should see to it that their apprentices are carefully and correctly educated in an industrial. This is a duty you owe both them and yourself, besides establishing a standard for competency that you can proudly point the master workmen to. See to it that the boy is made a sure enough workman. He then will be of more value to all concerned instead of evoluting into a makeshift. Where the trade union heretofore was received with derision and contempt, now it is regarded as a necessity and as a valuable factor in community. 