The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 15, 1916, Page 4

Fa bd ae ates 1 se @astom couples: the THE TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. | ®BUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN| ADVANCE | 50 #50 1.50 ~ Member Audit Bureau of Circulation eee NEWSPAPER pally, by carrier, per month ally, by mail, per year. Weekly. by mail, per year, LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN. For the 24 hours ending at 12 noon, December 15, 1916: ‘Temperature at 7 a, Mm, .. ‘Temperature at 12 noon Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity Forecast: For North Dakota: and Saturday; warmer tonight Fair tonight and east portion Saturday; fresh winds. Temperature 24 6 Calgary Chicago . ne & Kansas City Miles City Moorhead . an = Pierre .... 8 Prince Albert . 6 St, Paul .... 4 Swift Current 12 Williston . Winnipeg .. OR! * ‘Meteorologist. «Our enemies come nearer the | truth in the opinions they form oy ' of us than we do in our opin- ¢ z ion of ourselves.—LaRochefou- + | cauld. err rer eee ee ee es NO HYPHEN. . He was born George, and christened David. 7 Orphaned early, he went with nis) mother to live with an uncle named Loyd. : Out of his regard for his uncle, the youngster called himself not plain David George, but David Lloyd George. In his early political career he was called Mr. George. But the emphasis he put on the Lloyd got people into the habit of using. also, his..middle name; de 3 came Mf. Lloyd George. nye English* “Who's Who” a “hyphen, probably , reasoning tha two names. in}” wi apgéihi''they, should alsa, be. enunledy somdn» print. 2 -=- = =Many -American papers. have. taken the English “Who's Who” as author- ity. The best. English usage, however, is still Lloyd George, without the “byphen. HIGH | cost OF GIVING. Right new dveryihing. is. High ‘Cost of Living. Just as a warning, how- ever, about, another week,: it ig going to switch for a time to High Cost of Giving. Folk with the proper Christmas spirit won't be affected., Those who give to get, or give for the impres- sion it leaves, will be hit. And they usually are hit hard. i With some people it might come down to almost a question of “Shall we eat this week, or shall we give So-and-so a Christmas present? In a case like that the real Christmas spir- it gets lost in the shuffle. Too many people get Christmas and Valentine day mixed. The latter used to be a time when we traded valen- tines. and let*it go at that. But not so:.with Christmas. There is a real live spirit. attached to Christmas. And’in giving to friends, folk might better send a postal that they could afford, than go broke on something sent for the showing it makes, It is not what you give; but the spir. it in which you give it, that counts. A BIG JOB. Its almost staggering to realize that 5,090,000 people in the United States are seriously ill at any one time. Of these, 500,000 are consump- tives, and 150,000 of the latter die every year, and consumption is a pre- ventable disease! Every year 30,000 people are killed in industry, and 300,000 are seriously injured. In 25 years about 240,000 people in this country were killed and injured merely because they were walking,on| railroad tracks or “flipping” on cars. The 30,000,000 wage-earners in this country lose an average of nine days apiece every year, on account of ill-! ness, the wages lost amounting to) $50,000,000, the medical costing $180,000,000 more. treatment It's a source of real satisfaction| that the federal council of the church- es of Christ in America—represent-| ing 140,000 different churches, having 18,000,000 members—is about to set up a campaign for the conservation | of human life. Experts tell us human life may be extended 15 years by observing the laws of health and common sense. If, as a result of the efforts of the) federal council, the average life in this country is extended only ohe! year, it will mean the equivalent of 2,000,000 complete lives saved in each sicttatscesarr co oe " 4 BISMARCK: DAILY TRIBUNE ‘The Empty Stocking Club ped it acid sickens other neatoiicreest . i The 1916 campaign of the Salvation Arm ‘Salvation Army Empty ‘Stocking club is on ISSUED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY) with a rush—the campaign to bring Several published in the di To prevent t! morning, but thi number of small care of the Sal dren so far made will- care to take an active part. needed is a small donation in money or merchandise to bring Christmas cheer joy into the hearts of 150 or more Bismarck children who Captain Murphy learns are ( likely to find their stockings empty when they awake on Christmas morning, answers have been received to the appeal Tribune yesterday, but the promises | not begin to fill the need. his tragedy of childhood, the Empty Stocking club, was organized by the Salvation Army. In previous Yuletide seasons it has succeeded in making the city’s poorest children glad on Christmas is year it is feared that, with so much prosperity about, givers will forget there are some places where the bird of fortune has not alighted. Will YOU, then, and YOU, and YOU, fill out the blank that is published on this page, writing in the children for whom you will play Santa Claus, and send it to the Empty Stocking club, vation army. ‘aptain Murphy will play Santa Claus to all chil- for charitable people who do not All that is into some of the homes deprived through sickness or poor, fortune of the ability to gladden the hearts of the young. Send your contributions directly to Captain Murphy. | all the work of distribution himself. the role of Santa Claus. ‘He prefers to do Several years has made hi mexpert in He has investigated each case and has carefully separated the worthy from the unworthy ones. When a poor mother prays for bread to feed her hungry little ones, Providence must supply the need through some human agency. Will you allow Captain Murphy and his faithful band of workers to act -+as your agent in answering her prayer? —= | The public has been very generous heretofore in its support of this OF FEF OFF 44OF9S FFF) Worthy organization, known as the Salvation Army, and which is being i recognized as ‘one of the very best agencies for dispensing charity. Contributors are assured that every case where relief is given is first < linvestigated by experienced workers; that every dollar goes directly to.ac | tual relief with a minimum of.overhead expense; and that, the whole effort * ,of the army is to put every able-bodied person on a self-supporting basis. Mrs. Murphy the hard-working little wife of the Captain, has charge be helped. come to take care of the family. In that the prospects of a full stocking j the Captain’s assistance. gently, lovingly, ‘and quickly used. lessly in the very presence of actual The Salvation Army, Bismarck, N. D. Christmas for en bat ents have been struggling against, odd: FILL THIS OUT AND MAIL IT TOCAY—PLEASE! I want to be a volunteer Santa Claus, and will provide a Merry poor children. <*(Name) | of the investigation, and has a list of several distressing cases that must In some cases the bread-winner is sick, which means no in- other. -homes, -the-- hard-working. par- Keep the wlt,trom the door, so are very remote, unless you come to Money—nothing ‘but money—can meet these demands; money, intelli-’ Thus avoid the Army standing help- suffering. (AdGress) ....... ese ee eee ouitt es : ———=—— generation! And “this “would be dis- Tinetly ‘worth whilé.” mf There’s every” reason why the church Shold engage in stich a cam- paign. Jesus spent much of shis time healing the ‘sick—why shouldn't his followers do likewise? But it’s a ‘lot better to prevent .sickness than to heal it! A strong advisory counties has been appointed by the federal council fpbwork out the details of this cam- paign, among the members being Gif- foya, Pinchot, conservationist; Prof. trvin® Fisher of Yale university} Ha- ven Emerson, health commissioner of New York; Julia C. Lathrop of the children’s bureau of the United States labor department; William F. Coch- ran, millionaire socialist, and friend of labor, of Baltimore, and Graham Taylor of Chicago Commons. Commissions of experts will study sanitation, food, occupational diseas- es, tuberculosis, causes of high death rates among babies, and other causes that lower vitality and shorten life. Their reports will receive- wide pub- licity. Special text-books will be pre- pared, telling how to direct local cam- paigns. It is proposed to reach the remotest towns in this country. If the churches really get on this Job, and mean business—watch out! The churches are already thorough- ly organized; they constitute the fin- est machine in the world. And the people in the churches know-how to put ‘across a campaign of this kind. ; It’s a big job—it will be getting right down to earth, and it will be worthy of the churches that engage in it. Here's hoping they make good! at San Diego, largely" because Mark used to sit up in bed nights and glori- fy about his “dream girl.” ‘Mrs. Mark evidently does not know that her coldgcold feet, rightly located, would have cured idiosyncrasies like that. Cablegrams say that King George was “graciously pleased” to accept Asquith’s resignation. But he looked mighty sour, we'll bet. , Japan is making buttons for the world, says an item. But we don’t | Worry until they get a cinch on the buttonholes, too. Those Swedes know how to knock | the high cost of existing. Swedish factories have combined to reduce the size of matches. A hundred pounds of beef, after | Toasting, weighs only 67 pounds. Now | for a society to promote the eating of | meat raw! | } What's become of the old-fashioned ;Grand Duke Nicholas, who was in | the public eye a year ago? Mrs. O. E. Mark sues for divorce,| R; | GRAIN. MARKETS («a SC DULUTH . December . May . July 161%, 158% No, 1 Hard on trk 161%! No. 1 Northern on trk.. 160% No. 2 Northern on trk .. 15244 @157% No. No. No. No. 3 Northern on trk .. 132%.@152% 1 Northern to arr. 160% A 2.Mont. Hard on trk. 155% * 2 Mont. Hard to arr 155%) No.1 Spot Durum . . 162 @164 No, 2.Spot Durum ...... 154 @159 , No. 1 Spot Durum to arr 162 @164 December 162 May .. 164 Oats on 44%@ 44% Rye on trk and to fie + 123 @126 Barley on trk ........ . 73 @110 Flax on trk and to arr.. 280%. Choice on trk o 281%' December .. 27816) May . 283%, Close 1:47 p. m. “MINNBAPOLIS, No, 1 Hard ..... No. 1 Northern No. 1 Nor. Choice . + 162% @167% 159%@. 162% 165% No, 1 Nor. Choice . 165% No, 1 Nor. to arr . 158% @161% Choice to arr . 163% No. 2.-Northern. 154%.@160% No.:3 Wheat; 7137% @157% No. 2’Mont."“Hard 154% @157% No. 2.Mont. Hard to arr 154% No. 1:-Durum .......... 160 No. 1 Durum Choice ..,. 164 No. 1 Durum to arr ... 159 No. 1 Dr. Choice arr... 164 No, 2 Durum 154 @159 No. 3 Yellow Corn .... 8314@ 85, No. 3 Yellow Corn to arr 8314 Other Grades Corn .... 741 @ 83 No. 4 Yellow Corn to arr 8114 iy No. 2 Mont. W. Oats » 49 @ 52, No. 3 White Oats .. M@ 45 No. 3 White Oats to arr 45 No. 4 White Oats - 4 @ 44 Barley ......... 7 @100 Barley Choice 100 @109 Ose: 127 @128 Rye to arr 127 @128 Flax ..... 276% @281% Flax to arr . 276% @281% December 160 May .. 163 @162% July .. 158 @157% Close 0 z | CATTLE MARKETS —_—______.____.g CHICAGO. HOGS—Receipts, 38,000. Market, Se higher, but slow. Mixed and butchers, $9.45 to $10.15; good heavy, $9.65 to $10.10; rough heavy, \$9.60 to 3 light, $9.20 to $9.25; pigs, $7.25 to $9.10. CATTLE—Receipts, 3,000. Market, steady, at $7.00 to $12.10; beeves, $3.85 to $10.10; cows and _ heifers, $: to $8.00; stockers and feeders, $7.75 to $9.10; Texans, $8.50 to $12.25. SHEEP—Receipts, 9,000. Market, strong. Natives, $8.75 to $10.00; ‘west- ern, $9.09 to $10.00; lambs, natives, to $13.25; western, $11.25 to Seat sale for the operas now on at Finney’s. Patrons of the opera will please ob- serve that ticket Nos. 104, 72, 81, are ” the matinee, “Cavalleria na” and “I Pagliacci,” and respectively, Friday evening, Saturday afternoon,-and Saturday ev- ening.—Adv. eay " industries of. Germany 200 ATTEND CLUB BANQUET “AT KENZIE Annual Affair To Mark Close of Year’s Work and Lay Plans _ for Future GOVERNOR HANNA AND CRAWFORD ARE SPEAKERS Members of; the Bismarck Commer- cial’ club and their guests—including members of the board of regents, the |state budget committee and the board ‘of control—to the numebr of 200 dined this noonvat-the aunual banquet held in the McKenzie hotel. Such co-operation in the develop- ment of our wonderful natural re- sources as must make North: Dakota one of the greatest states of the Union was advocated this afternoon by Governor L. B. ‘Hanna in his ad- dress to 200, Commercial club merh- bers. The governor again declared his all-abiding faith in the brilliant future of North Dakota; he called at- tention to our..great wealth of coal, to our clay deposits and to the fact that oil and gas are now being devel- oped in -quantities sufficient to sup- ply great industries, in the western part of the state. Favors ‘Road-Development. Every time a jrall is built across the state inestimable benefits result’ to North Dakota, in that tourists are brought through the land at the sea- son when it is most fruitful and when visitors must carry away with them the most favorable impressions. He referred to the ferry in operation be- tween Bismarck and Mandan as the only break in the Red Trail from Se- attle to Boston and predicted that the time is not far distant when ‘the Missouri’ will be spanned here by a suitable wagon bridge. He expressed the hope and the belief that the next legislature will take steps to raise ‘North Dakota’s appropriation for state highway work to a point where it may avail itself of the fund offered under the Shackelford federal aid ‘act, which would give North Dakota $76,000 in 1916, and: gradually increasing sums each year thereafter. He advocated utilizing the proceeds from the sale of automobile license tags rather than appropriating this highway endow- ment from the general funds of the state. State Needs Industrial Agent. , “In iNorth Dakota,” said the gov- ernor, “‘we need one man who will de- vote all of his time to bringing into North Dakota industries ‘not now. es- tablished here; who will interest out- side business’ men in North-Dakota’s oppornities y pnd procure the invest- ment of, new;.capital pnd new capa- bilities here.*! This industrial agent, ‘the governor suggested, might be employed either by the state? or through a united ef- fort upon the part of the commercial clubs of “North Dakota. 2 Belie eyes ta,Briquetting. The governér again ‘expressed con- viction that North Dakota lignite can be successfully briquetted and he urg- ed that, instead of.sending our chem- ists to Germany: tobe educated, we ‘bring here frpm the. great briquetting chemists of thorough training and’ general experi- ence, who caf give North Dakota the énefit’ of their, ‘practical knowledge. ophesied *that’ in time’ to come, instead. of the state sending out mil, lions of dollars each year to pay. for other states’ coal, other states will be sending their millions into North Da- Kota to buy our lignite briquettes. Town and Country. The town and country must ¢o-oper- ate; each must strive to remove from the mind of the other prejudice, and suspicion. The: opinion | prevailing that legislation is eiacted principally for the benefit of the cities is utisup- portable, said the governor. Twenty- six millions of the school funds of North Dakota are invested! in farm lands, for the benefit of the farmers; $5,000,000 is loaned at 5 per cent. on farm mortgages, and but $7,000,009 or $8,000,000 is invested in. municipal bonds..and school bonds, and of. the last mamed many are in rural dis- tricts. Crawford Optimistic, The Hon. Lewis F. Crawford of Sen- tinel Butte, chairman of the state board of regents, brought to the Com- mercial club a message of optimism; of faith in North Dakota, in its laws, in its people, its public officers and its moral fibre. Commercial clubs, he .stated, justi- fied their existence principally in that they served to impress us with our neighbors’ viewpoint, and to broaden ‘both our neighbors and ourselves. The envy which we feel for the “other fel- low,” the jealousy‘which we-may en- tertain for rivals in the same line of business or profession are elimi- nated to a large extent by rubbing shoulders and joining in a concerted effort for the general good, through the commercial club or chamber of commerce. The commercial club teaches patriotism; it inspires the community with that common point of view and spirit of oneness which has made for Germany’s greatness. Chairman Crawford emphdsized the fact that our neighbors’ reverses are ours; that our rivals’ misfortunes af: fect us; that a neighboring commu- nity cannot suffer loss without inflivt- ing loss upon us; that we are depend- ent on one another, mut live with and for one another, and that success in the world can only come from and through genuine co-uperation, Erroneous Theories. Mr. Crawford decried the theory advanced by certain political schools that a profit cannot be made in a busi ness transaction without harming one party to the deal. He expressed faith in the honesty of business, in indus- try, commerce and finance, and. de- clared that the occasional man or cor- poration which does take more than it is entitled to is soon found out and sent to the discard. Election Deferred. The election of directors schedvled for this afternoon was deferred upon motion of Senator E. A. Hughes un- til a special meeting can be held to amend the by-laws and articles of in- Corporation, reducing the number of members. from eleven to five. Sena- tor Hughes, in» making his motion argues that a large board ig unwieldy and that more can be accomplished from a small, compact working body. |} 'Reports'to Be Presented. The secretary's report was distrib. ‘luted in. printedform. The report of | the ‘president ‘and treasurer will be submitted; at the “Special meeting, which: will beheld: at. an early date, in order. that the’new board may as- sume charge January 1. Strong Unable to Come. Because of a mix-up in train sched- ules, Howard Strong, secretary of the ‘Minneapolis Commerce and Civic as- sociation, who was to, have been the principal spéaker}/ wired’ late last night that: he -would be unable to come, and Goyernor Hanna and Chair- man Crawford very kindly consented to substitute! at the last ‘moment. The secretary’s review. follows in part: This, the eleventh annual meeting of the Bismarck Commercial . club, closes one of the organization’s most active years. The club hag attempted |’ many things and it has succeeded in accomplishing much that’ will prove of lasting benefit.to the community. The secretary has promised that his report shall be brief, and an effort will be made to enumerate only a few of the more important undertakings. Industrial Development In its efforts to advance the indus- trial development of Bismarck, the club has interested during the year a score of enterprises of various kinds. A majority have been found, on invest- igation, to be stock-selling proposi- tions with no merit. One or two were found worthy and in ‘these the club is still interested: One of the new enter- prises located through the. activities of the club early in the year is the Johnson Sales stables, which is mak- ing Bismarck a center for pure-bred cattle and horses. The club is still in communication with a manufactur- er,of textile fabrics employing thirty people at an average wage of $450 the week, who is ready to, come to Bis- marck as soon as he can find a suit- able building, already erected: The same is true of a tannery, which would bring here seven families. A manu- facture of corrugated iron culverts and other specialties has been im- pressed through the club with the ad- vantages of a location in Bismarck. One of the most important projects entertained during the year was the location here by prominent eastern capitalists of a mill for the manufac- ture of paper puip from wheat, oats and flax straw. The club is still in correspondence with these parties, who will give Bismarck the . preference when they are ready to build. Need of Industrial Incubator - Bismarck, in eommon. with other cities of its class, stands in great need of an “industrial {hcubator,” a power building of some size where space, in small units, with power, can be' rea- sonably leased. At’ least a half-dozen enterprises have been lost to Bismarck during the year through the’ lack of such facilities: They were concerns of merit, but without sufficient capt- tal, or lacking sufficient confidence, to invest $10,000 or more in a build- fit to Bismarck. Civic Development development ranks first. provement. the history of Bismarck. The Public Library responsible early in the year in obtain- priated for cities the size of Bismarck, and that much more “than it announ- ced as its final maximum for this city, ties of the Capital City. ‘ City Beautiful Movement anntal event. Publicity Bismarck during the year has: re- ceived through the mediums of its pub- licity committee more genuinely favor- able advertising than any other city in North Dakota. Eastern metropoli- tan newspapers and periodicals have printed scores of columns of matter concerning Bismarck and North Da- kota, and every line has appeared un- Today, in North Dakota and throughout the! capable. of caring for ten cars, but der a Bismarck date-line. P. O. ELKS. ing of their own. An industrial incu- bator could be made directly profitable to’ its, owners and of inedtfmable bene- In modern commercial clubs, civic In this line of endeavor, the Commercial club may ever henceforth point to the paving project under way.’ No matter what may be members’ opinion of this im- provement today, in years to come they will remember with pride that they had @ part in the launching of Bismarck’s first permanent street im- To W. EB. Lahr, chafrman of ‘the club’s streets committee, and his loyal ¢o-laborers, ‘0. W. Roberts, G. C. Wachter and others whose mod- esty forbids. their mention, is credit due for this greatest forward step in The Commercial club, in co-opera- tion with Mayor, A. W- Lucas, was ing from the Carnegie Corporation an appropriation of $25,000 for a public library. This was $10,000 more than the foundation has ordinarily appro- and it was obtained only through the club’s presentations of the possibili- The club sponsored and carried to a successful conclusion April 20 to May 1,.a real “Clean-up and Paint-up” campaign, which left Bismarck more sightly, more sanitary and far safer from the standpoint of fire hazard. The City Beautiful committee headed jby H. P. Goddard, through the medium lof sub-committees in every ward, and with the splendid co-operation of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, did Bis- marck a real service and insured the {Clean-up and Paint-up campaign as an lorthwest, constructive items are ap* pearing every day junder a Bismarck. date'line. More than ever Bismarck ny looked‘to by the outside world as the heart of North Dakota’s progress and development. The publicity committee has assist- ed.to the best of its ability in the preparation by Mrs. W- F. Cushing of a Bismarck publicity pamphlet which will soon be off the press, and which is one of the most creditable publi- cations of the kind ever attempted by a city under 25,000. Thousands of copies of this profusely illustrated, well-written and, excellently printed booklet will go to all parts of America} and to foreign countries. Conventions Conventions procured for Bismarck during the year, some with and others without the.active co-operation of the club as an organization, are: THE NORTH DAKOTA LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION, ‘induced for the first time to leave the Red River valley. THE NORTH DAKOTA ENGI- NEERS’ ASSOCIATION. NORTH DAKOTA NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION. AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCI- ATION FOR NORTHWEST DISTRICT. STATE ASSOCIATION OF THE B. MISSOURI SLOPE’ POULTRY FAN- CIERS’. ASSCIATION. NORTH DAKOTA PRESS ASSOCI- ATION. : NORTH DAKOTA EDUCATIONAL AS- SOCIATION, tWeen 1,500 and 2,000. annual’ attendance be- During the year there were held a dozen or more local, district or Slope meetings, all of which were entertain- ed in some fitting manner through the medium of the club. Trade Extension _ Two. successful trade extension trips, conducted on a more elaborate scale than usual, were operated dur- ing the year, to Killdeer and to Mott .and intermediate points. these trips there good showing of really representative business’ and professional men, and the results were immediate and most satisfactory. Qn both of was an unusually Capital Removal The secretary during the fore part of the year, also acted as secretary and "principal publicity agent'{n the anti-capital removal campaign, Thou- sands of letters;. hundreds of colupns of plate matter, and. scores’ of ‘special ‘\stories’ were ‘sent: out: from ‘the office of the ctu, and their’ effect. may be noted in a much better feeling toward anda better understanding: of Bis- marck throughout ‘the state. campaign ‘was financed not by the club directly, but by a small committee of its public-spirited members, who con- tributed loya}Jy to a fund ae into four. figures: This Missouri River. Bridge One of ‘the earliest undertakings of the year was a bridge.acrosa the Mis- souri. A‘fund of $1,000 was subscribed through’'the efforts of Senator E. A: Hughes, chairman of the river crossing committee, and George N. Keniston, the man who put through the Red Trail bridge over the Little Missouri, was engaged to attend to the prelim- inary promotion. Mandan gladly co- operated in this work, and two weeks’ labor on the part of Mr. Keniston proved beyond doubt the feasibility of a bridge which at a cost of $300,000 would place a burden of not to exceed $6,000 the’ year—or much less than now is annually spent:in ferry tolls— on Burleigh county and Morton coun- ty. Because of the county division problem which Morton had) to con- front, it was found advisable to defer active progress until the beginning of 1917, In the meantime, however, the Commercial club has brought to Bis- marck three of the foremost bridge engineers“of the country, all of whom estimatés, each of which bring the total cost well within $300,000; and a permanent, substantial wagon bridge, which. will accomodate interurban traf- fic if necessary, is assured Bismarck and Mandan as soon as the price of steel recedes to’a point where it can *| be considered. The Ferry Problem The ferry problem again concerned both Bismarck and Mandan. To use the most expressive and most applic- able term possible, the service during the past summer was “rotten.” As high as forty tourist cars were held up here in one day by the failure of ferry or ferries to operate. In July, with the cable ferry tied up and in a position in which it coultnot operate within.two weeks at the earliest, the owner of the gasoline ferry “quit cold.” After three days’ blockade the Commercial club stepped in, purchased the gasoline ferry at $500 less than the price originally set on it,-and sold it to Frank Howe for $200 less than the club paid, regarding the bonus paid Howe warranted in view of the latter’s promise to give real service, with the two boats. In the meantime, the own- er of a large South Dakota ferry boat had written the club, but the letter was delayed in transit. Arrangements were made for the purchase of Howe's interest by the South Dakota concern; and $100 option money was put up by the latter, who brought here his boat, FRIDAY, DEC. 15, 1916. fatled'to carry out his agreeemnt with Howe, and lost the franchise. In spite of this disappointment, ferry service of a sort was maintained through the efforts of the club, at a cost of $350, which was drawn from the river crossing fund, subscribed in- dependently of the club. One result jof the year’s troubles was the organi- zation in Mandan of a company which will place a $5,000 ferry boat in opera- tion this spring. Entertainment and Recreation The entertainment and recreation committee, at the request of the retail interests of the city, took charge of a ‘two-days Fourth of July’ celebration which brought to Bismarck 10,000 peo- ple from every section of the state: There was subscribed for this under- taking-about $1,400, and $400 more was derived from concessions. The com- mitteefKept its expenditures inside its appropriation. Bismarck businessmen report that during the two days and Saturday preceding their receipts were by far the largest in the history of the city. Features of the celebra- tion were a great “Preparedness First” parade, in which 1,000 North Dakota troops participated, and aeroplane flights which proved ‘unsatisfactory, owing to the almost complete destruc- tion of the machine following the first flight. This committee also had charge of the meeting at which was organized the Bismarck Athletic ‘association whi¢h within a few weeks had collect- ed funds for the construction of a modern ball park and which gave Bis- marck during the season big league baseball. The association closed the year with its park practically paid for and with a few outstanding bills. Bis- marck is now in position where it may command a berth in the Northern leaugue if the city desires it. ° Retail Affairs The committee on retail affairs in February staged-one-of the most suc- cegsful “Get Together” affairs in the history of Bismarck. Two hundred business men were present, and prob- lems of vast importance were dis- cussed. The committee suffered a real loss during the year in the death of A. W. Eppinger, a director of the club and one of the organization's oldest and most enthusiastic workers. Good Roads The committee on good roads early in the season procured from the coun- ty commissioners a promise for the improvenient of the Req Trail east from the Capital City to the Kidder county line. Weather conditions pre- vented the carrying out of thigp agree- ment until late in the season,{ but the Red Trail is now a splendid thorough- fare from Bismarck to Steele, ‘and the long-dreaded McKenzie slough, is a thing of the past. A City Plan Bismarck is, growing more, rapidly thah its good ‘cftizens generally ap- preciate. The time has come, the club feels, when:'the clty can’ no longer af- ford. to, grow, hephasard. Alrea@y, de- sirable’ “park ‘sites“-have advanced in value beyond the price the city can pay. President Young has been from the first an) ardent advocate of a city plan. Under his leadership a plan has gradually been developed. There are included park sites, school sites, boule- vards and a city drive, encircling all of Bismarck. In this connection a recent joint meeting of Bismarck and. Mandan Commercial club committees on river crossing was held, at which was evolv- ed a plan for a real road to the river on the Bismarck side. This road, as recommended by the club committee, will pass under the Northern Pacific tracks, eliminating a dangerous grade crossing, and will proceed straight to the river, without the dangerous twists and curves and grades which abound in the present road: At the river it will connect the “Old River Road,” leading north to the Byrlea Ward farm and which will ultimately become an t have submitted preliminary plats and| important link in Bismarck’s “Boule- vard Drive,” which should be made one of the most picturesque thorough- fares in the Northwest. Under the same head, there has beer? much constructive work on the part of the parks committee, the committee on health and sanitation, the play- grounds committee, the committee on municipal affairs and the municipal bureau, composed of all the afore- named committees. Financial Status The club closes the year with debts aggregating not quite $600, as com- pared with an indebtedness of $2,100 one year-ago and more than $3,000 when the retiring administrations as- sumed charge. Counterbalancing this indebtedness are dues collectable and considered good totaling $1,600, not including payments due January 1, two weeks hence. The club for several years has labored under a burden of indebtedness for which no one was Particularly to blame, but whose de- Pressing effect has been noticed. Now this burden has been practically wiped out, and the club is in a position where every dollar subscribed can be set at work, doing something for the city. Patrons of the opera will please ob- serve th: ticket Nos. 104, 72, ana’, and “I Pagliacci,” respectively, Friday evening, Saturday afternoon, and Saturday ev- ening.—Adv. and Jobnson’s for corset. VoF . 4 > 1p . . ak . ye a f +