The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 7, 1917, Page 2

BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, MAY. 7, 1917. NORTHWEST ||) P Difference of 1. (Special to. Tribune) North Dakota Agricultural College, tking the average yields for recorded by the United vering a to 1916. with records — in AED WILLOW LAKE B. C. Phipps and Harry Vadnie of McHenry, Drowned When {i Noted in Wheat Sown in May | And That Planted in April 82 Bushels | not. promise to give-more. than one- | third of an April seeded crop. The re-; port of Professor. Shepperd jshows that he. Jooked over data: com piled by the Canadian government ing wheat prices on the British market , from the year 1800 down to the year | 1916 and which disclosed that the price } further ‘DANCING CLAUSE TO No Hay. Shortage: Plenty of It But Farmers Too Busy Jamestown, iN, D., May 7.—Re- ports of an apparent shortage of hay, we investigated here dis- is CG closes it there is plenty of it d in the James river valley, but | in iffer that the farmers are too busy at work in their fields to ‘take the time to haul it into the city. ‘Wild hay is selling from $7 to $8 and tame hay from $8 to $10 per ton, HOLD IN CONTRACTS | (Special to Tribune.) LaMoure, N. D., May 7.—Teachers’ | contracts ‘with the school ‘board of | Their Boat Capsized SEASON’S FIRST FISHING PARTY HAS TRAGIC END (Special to Tribune.) Cooperstown, N. D., Ma Phipps, cashier of the F 2 bank of McHenry, and Harry Vadnie, druggist, of the same city, were; drowned Friday afternoon in Red! Willow Jake, seven miles north of Binford, according to word receivea in this city Saturday morning. Tie bodies of the men were found by a| searching party that went to the lake; wien Phipps and Vadnie failed to return from a fishing trip started Fri- day afternoon. ,The bodies were found in about six feet of water 15 yods from the shore on the north end of ‘the lake. While there were no Witnesses to the accident, it is apparent that the Yoat capsized and threw Phipps and] Vadnie into the water and the latter} being unable to swim was being help- ed by Phipps when the banker was attacked by cramps and both sank to the bottom of the lake. Fail to Return Home. The alarm was first given when the; fishermen failed to return on Satur- ithe experiment st jNorth Dakota on field work on the 1 LS2) bushel: le years when the wheat seeding was be- ji gun in May and with the one for 14 ye when the wheat the state agricultural college, finds that rence between wh Those figu indicate — that May ling duce eeding in the state 0 than the fifteenth of % of wheat has ruled yery high during | the British market for from one was done in April, J. TH. Shepperd of [three y seeded | fe rorth figuring ever by the man who} early | whether the chances of getting two- | y be expected to pro-| thirds of the crop that he might expect | * per cent less crop than | from an Ap a whole. | for his labor and the risk that he will} ding | run f April and wheat seeded in) May is | w ves | eriod from, that time to,| this city are to be materially the wits the present. war, In| clause that no teacher shall attend s the price has held high on}#, Public or private dance on the to | night preceding a school day. Prac- ars after war has closed. jtically the entire faculty -has been] If,” Pro-| rehired, it will he| “If history repeats it: sor Shepperd’s. report, il seeding will Still pay him | | (Special to Tribune.) seeding up to the middle of} Minot, N. D., May 7.—C. A. Grow ; and J. C. Smallwood, members. of the | committee.on new members, put on May had conducted the Siegfried drug store since that time, His home was rly at Sherbrooke, this s where his parents still reside. rs of age and inas won a host of business and personal friends since locating here. The bodies were brought to Me- Henry last night. Drives to Town On Load of Wheat; Returns With $330, (Special to Tribune.) “ Mott, N. D., May 7.—Mike Jah- ner drove to town last week ori a A gainst the flood of good, bad and ent hats, the Lanpher, this season more than ever, 15. your anchor to hatward. The Lanpher Hat $3” Attention Trail Hitters---Make Your Trip Via This Town (Special to Tribune.) Beach, N. D., May 7.—Farmers of North Dakota are not going to charge an autoist who happens to have his machine mired in the | high speed and within 30 minutes se- When a Feller lcured 45 new members for the Minot | Auto club last week. The member- Feels His Coat iship fee is $5. The directors at a re- jcent meeting let the contract for the A Bit Too Small vending of two sections of road west of the city, which will complete the improved road from the city limits to the Great Northern crossing. BRANDING OPERATIONS TO | BE STARTED NEAR LINTON (Special to Tribune.) Linton, N. D., May 7.—Because of the large number of cattle being stolen during the yast year, brand- {ing operations will commence on sev- eral of the large ranches in this vicin- jity next week. ‘Branding makes one {ihink of pioneer days, but it seems (Special to Tribune.) Shields, N. D., May 7.—Who says the ‘tales of “The Arabian Nights” are fiction? Farmer Jchnson hitched up his nag last week and brought a load of 25 i bushels of potatoes to town. He ivated this load for a new wagon, | soid his old one to a secondhand dealer for $20 more than the po- tatoes cost him ‘to raise, and left for home with a smile visible from the rear. mud $5 to be dragged out. Fhey say it isn’t patriotic and not put- ting into effect conservation. The fee is too high. ‘One dollar is enough, the majority of Golden Valley farmers think, and also add that a farmer who has a bad stretch of road near his place should be ashamed to show him- self. GARRISON OFFICERS LOOKING FOR “BAY RUM” (Special to Tribune.) Garrison, N. D., May 7.—Officers of this city are looking for “Bay Kum.” James Donovan, a contractor, better known by the nickname from the brand of liquor he was. partial to. “Bay Rum” was arrested last week load of wheat. He had one dollar in his pocket. When Mike: re- turned to his home he had a day morning, When the party arrived at the lake they the automobile in which Phipps and Vadnie nad gone to their cottage at} Check for $220. His load of No. the south end of the lake standing! 4 Wheat netted him that amount by the shore, the lunch they had tak-| 2nd prompted him to put in a en along left untouched in the car “whopper” of a wheat crop this and other indications that the drown-| ins had occurred in the late atter- nuon, Further search discovered the overturned boat by the shore and the hat of one of the men floating in the si son, water nearby, and the bodies were Ister discovered in the same location. The bodies were taken to Binford about noon Saturday and will be tak- cn to McHenry for burial, the date of the funeral not having been an- nounced as yet. Victims Were Prominent. MeHenry, N. D., May 7.—B. Phipps, who was one of the vic- Minot Board of Education to Grant Leave of Absence to Young Men of 16 Years or Over. (Special to Tribune) Minot, N. D., May 7.—The school c,| board last night adopted a resolution by which all boys in high scaool over tims of the drowning accident at Red] 16 years of age and who have, the Willow lake, was born at Paynes-| Teduired standing'in their studies ville, Minn., 41 years ago and about] Will be granted a leave of absence to 14 years ago was married to Miss| engage in farm work, and will be Anna Hammer of Cooperstown, He] sivene full credit for the time they is survived by wife and are so employed in the subjects they daughter and a son, His mother would have studied. te Py dena., Cal., and e r, een resem seg oe Mrs. Drinkwater, lives at Bowhells in BARLY ee re = this state, He was prominent in bus- iness and social circles of the village Pera rt where he has resided for the past 10 Ng Pua Sl ate: years, He was prominent in Masonic | ,,... % AOETIL aboout circles, being s member of the Coop- jock in the W. E, Cooke frame build- ing, one of the oldest in the city, des- erstgwn lodge. H. R. Vadnie came to McHenry troyed the structtire in less than 30 about a year ago from Sanborn and! minutes. ng a loss placed at about — $800, ‘The first floor of the building’ as occupied ax a cream station and ‘arm products markets and the s ne HUMPHREYS’ : { floor contained the living rooms of the WITCH HAZEL OINTMENT |: buyer, H. Schmidt. At one | time the fire threatened the business (COMPOUND) section of the city “For Piles or Hemorrhoids, External or Internal, Blind or; Verona Women to Bleeding, Itching or Burning. One application brings relief, Price 28c., at all druggists or mailed, 1 Send Free Sample of Ointment to Make Flower Pots (Special to Tribune) Verona, N. D., May 7.—Verona club women will turn a part of the flower gardens into a vege- table garden, to assist in avert- ing a food shortage. The women | say: Humphreys’ Homeo. Medicine Company 186 Willian Street, New Yor SICK ANIMALS Your visit to the Twin Cities will A BIG BOOK on diseases of Horses,| be more enjoyable if you stop at this Cattle, Sheop, Dogs and Poultry, mailed | Famous Hostelry, Excellent Cuisine. free. Humphreys’ Veterinary Medicines, | Hotel Radisson, Minneapolis; 409 156 William Street, New York, Rooms—$2.75 at $1.50 to $2.50. “The rose is red, the violet blue, but cabbages make a better stew.” Range Hereford Heifers and . Bulls for Sale Our seventh trainload of range Hereford Heifers will ar- rive about Wednesday, May 9th. All previous buyers are more than statisfied, Best cattlemen are our buyers and boosters. Long time at reasonable interest rate to responsible parties. Write, Wire or Phone KING CATTLE CO. Headquarters, NIGEY HOTEL Mandan, N, D. Into Garden Tracts! Arrest Causes | No Wound for | ' Verona Subject| (Special to Tribune.) Verona, N. D., May 7.—‘T enter-/ ain no grievances toward the few of this, place who were instrumental in placing me in custody of the federal | court of this district,” declared E. S.} Utecht, who returned to Verona ‘yes- \terday, after being arraigned before Judge Amidon of Fargo on the} charge of handling the emblem of| [the United States in an improper} manner. “T will always hold in remem- brance the words of Judge Amidon at the time of my discharge—‘I believe you are a good citizen, over 85 men | have go declared in their petition to me, and 1 wish we had more Ameri- | cans like you. Take this petition with you.” ININE WORE GET POSITIONS Cleveland, N. D., Gets Three Qradu- ates from 1917 Class of Val- ley City Normal (Special to Tribune) Valley City, ND, May 7.—During the week nine more members of the senior class of the state. normal sciool were elected to teaching posi- tions in the state. Dora Schultz o1 Barron, Wis., will teach in the fourth and fifth grades at Cleveland, N. D.; Mary Yanken of Washburn, primary grades at Ruso; Clarence Carlson 01 Valley City, seventh and eighth grades at Buffalo; Mattie Mittum of Foston, Minn., fourth and fifth grades and music at Lignite; Manga John- son of Appleton, Minn., primary grade at Rogers; Anna Thune of De- Lamere, primary grades at Rutland; Alice Thomas of Sherburn, - Minn., third grade at Beach; Helen Huv- bard of Hazelton, second and third grades at Cleveland, and Hazel Peter-| son of Audubon, Minn., first grade at! Cleveland. EXPENDITURE OF $1.000 WOULD OPEN MANY ACRES: (Special to Tribune.) Cakes, N. D., May 7.—Farmers of the Riverdale district at a mass meer-; ing held this week figured tnat be-| tween 3,000 and 5,000 acres of till-| able land could be drained by the opening of a ditch about a miie and a half to cost in the neighborhood of | $1,000, The ‘hole country as far] south at Houghton and east to Cogs- well and Btampton is badly in need of drainage, but it is doubtful if-any- thing can be done this spring to In- suve putting in a crop. i ae |WILDROSE SUBSCRIBES $1,500 TOWARD TEAM (Special to Tribune) Wildrose, N. D., May 7.—Wildrose is going to see the catcher and the pitcher work again this season. Busi- ness men of the city have subscribed the sum of $1,500 toward the sup- port of a ball team. C. 0. Rytton has been secured as playing manager. Some of the players who tried out with the Western Jeague will be in suits here. ~ QauQQ necessary, to protect the owners, for drunkenness. He broke jail and when cattle prices are so high. is still at large. (Continued from Page One) siderable number of cases” upon investigation of the records of the health authorities are reduced to eight cases in April and NONE so} far in May. This then citizens of Bismarck is Mr. Langer'’s epidemic. Is it} fair to you who have your family to protect, your business welfare to/ guard? Is it fair to the general welfare of the Capital City of the state in which we all take a just pride? How long are the citizens going to put up with the malicious lying of the attorney general’s office. His order is a falsehood, a malicious abuse of authority, a debasement of a high office to the exigencies of cheap ward polit And it is not the first offense. If the action did not affect so vitally the welfare of the city, Langer's drivel could be dismissed with the silent contempt it deserves. VANISHES INTO THIN AIR In the light of the official health statistics available to any citizen, Mr. Langée’s-epidemic vanishes into thin air and brands him as a prevaricator of the most dangerous type. Not relying solely upon the analysis of the city bacteriologist, samples of water are sent periodically to the health laboratory of the St. Paul health department presided over by Dr. Justus Ohage, one of the best known health experts in America. The last report showed the water free from contamination. or the last year there has been a wide vari- ance between the St. Paul reports and the local analysis. Copies of these reports are available and any citizen.can examine them. ‘There is no cause for alarm over the condition of the water. The general health of Bismarck is excellent. Aside from two cases of smallpox, one of which originated outside the city, while the other resulted from the nurse employed on the case contracting the disase, one case of pulmonary tuberculosis, which came from Elbowoods, one case of scarlet fever and one of measles, the city was free from con- tagion during the month of April. For the last eleven days not a singe case of typhoid has been re- ported to the city health officer, Dr. F. B. Strauss. Diring the entire month of April eight cases were reported as originating in Bismarck, and one was brought to a local hospital from outside the city. ‘The health laws require that every case of contagious and infectious dis ease of a serious or dangerous nature be reported to the health of- ficer, and it is believed that no Bismarck doctor is failing to comply with this requirement. It is safe to presume, therefore, that every contagious disease existing in the Capital City during the month of April has been recorded with the health officer. EXPERIENCE FOR 1917 rck’s health record for the first four months of 1917 is normal. Dr. F. B. Strauss, city health officer, has been advised of the following contagious or infectious diseases : January—Typhoid, 1, from Max; smallpox, 1; scarlet fever, 2. February—Typhoid, 2; pulmonary tuberculosis, 1, from outside of the state; smallpox, 2; measles, 10; varicella, (chickenpox), 5. March-—Typhoid, 4, as follows: Underwood, 1; New Salem, 1; Fort Yates, 1; Bismarck, 1; pulmonary tuberculosis, 2; place of resi- dence not given; diptheria, 2; smallpox, 1, reported from same house- hold which had two cases in February ; varicella, 6; measles, 16. April—Typhoid, 9; Kulm, 1; Bismarck, 8; pulmonary tuberculosis, 1, from I:Jbowoods; smallpox, 2, both originating out of town; scar- let fever, 1; measles, 1. ; . NO EPIDEMIC These official figures furnish no proof of an epidemic such as has been imputed td Bismarck by irresponsible public officials and publi- cations. On May 2, when William Langer informed the city com- mission that “There are at present a considerable number of cases of typhoid fever in the city of Bismarck, and there exists grave danger of the spread of an epidemic of same because of the condition of. the water supply,” there had not been reported to the city health officer a single case of typhoid fever for a week; the city bacteriologist had just filed with the city health officer a letter commenting upon the marked improvement in the city water, and these facts could have been ascertained by Mr. Langer had she not preferred to rely upon hearsay and gossip. During the same month of April Fargo reported eleven cases of typhoid fever, and at the end of the month its water, after sedimenta- tion, showed a bacteria count 83 higher per cubic centimeter than that of the Bismarck water, according to unbiased reports of the two bac- teriologists, while sixteen out of 28 samples of Fargo water showed the presence of colon baccilli. SAME AS YEAR AGO The Bismarck bacteriologist’s report for April records that during the extremely high water around the tenth of the month Bismarck water showed an unusual degree of turgidity and a correspondingly high baccHli count, which is quite natural. It also shows a marked improvements each day since the tenth, proving that the water returned to normal as the river resumed its usual stage. The bacteria count is now running day by day on an almost exact level with that of a year ago, The only reasonable proof of poor water is the presence of disease directly attributable to it. In the absence of such disease in any alarming number of cases. how then under heaven can there be any just indictment of the water? DR. SMYTH’S STATEMENT There is nothing to conceal. No mystery. One of the preposterous supply can point to no cases of illness caused by it. ‘They deal in generalities. The ‘Tribune sent a representative to interview Dr. Smyth, county health official, and for years city health official. “In my opinion we have the best water supply in -the state,” said County Health Officer F. R. Smyth in a recent interview with The ‘Tribune. “Typhoid can be communicated only through typhoid germs. ‘There is no reason to believe that there have been any ‘typhoid germs in our water. No sewage empties into the river above our intake. As to an epidemic, I cannot state of my personal knowledge that there is a single case of typhoid in Bismarck. One case was reported to me by the wife of the supposed victim, who was seeking public aid at the time. .No.test was made, and I am by no means certain that it was typhoid.” Last year, with river conditions practically the same, no typhoid was reported in Bismarck until mid-summer, when there were a few scattering cases. Health reports indicate that Bismarck is freer from this scourge than any city in the state. During the month of April, Fargo had eleven cases of typhoid. Why did not Mr. Langer order the water turned off and the hydrants plugged? ‘The Tribune would not be as unfair to Fargo as to insist that these eleven cases were due to the water supply. No one has taken any trouble to find out whether the eight cases reported in Bismarck in April were due to the water. It is reasonable to suppose that some of the eight cases on record contracted the disease other than through the water, and it is almost an assured fact that not one of the eight cases contracted the disease from drinking Missouri river water, for in a population of 8,000 there would have been more than eight cases in one month if the water were bad. : he Bank with the Cloc. Freedom From Debt Freedom From Worry Freedom From Financial Cares These can only be claimed by the man who rea- lizes and practices the important duty of system- atie saving. Start NOW —open an account with the oldest and largest bank in this section of the State and make your deposits ‘regularly. Your money ‘will carn 4 per cent compound in- terest for you and will be in confplete safety. TheFirst National Bank ~ BISMARCK, N.D: New Transfer Prices We, the undersigned Transfer Companies and Draymen of the City of Bismarck, are hereby com- pelled to raise the prices of team work on account of high cost of labor, horse feed and hay, to the follow- ing prices: Team and man, per day .. Team and man, by the hour .... Team and man, hauling furniture, per hour Team for plowing, per hour ......... Rubbish, Ashes and Manure, per hour Trunks 1st floor ..... Trunks 2nd floor ............ Commercial and Show baggage .. Light trips to river ~. Light trips, 10 blocks or less . Light trips over 10 blocks ... Hauling wood,~per cord . Hauling coal, per ton .. Pianos, 1st floor .. Pianos, 2nd floor .... Pianos, 3rd floor .... Dealers $1.00 less. 3.00 5.00 7.00 SIGNED: Sundquist Dray & Transfer J. P, Nelson Nick Zahn Paul Willman B. F. Burbage J. A. Grinstiener Chas. A. Suyder Geo, Robidou Matt Clooten The Wachter Transfer Company features about the entire agitation is that the detractors of the water im a