The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 20, 1917, Page 8

SCPE ONDAY, AUGUST -20,,1917 On Schedule—Interest in Jim\ League Members of Body Held Forks Comes to Bat With Annual Repuest for Reduction of Real . Estate Values. The state board of equalization has completed its audiences with county auditors, and its next important con- ferences will be with the railway com- panies, which are to have a hearing Wednesday. Former Congressman at mes Manahan of St. Paul ed with the Nonpartisan of the board for some hours hether his visit initely connected was in any way d with the request which Chairman I. KE. Packard of the tax comm on has made for a 20 per cent boost in the assessed valuation of railway proper- ty could not be learned, No action has been taken in con- nection with the equalization of val- ues in any of the counties. State Auditor Kositzky has not completed Morton county .. McLean Stats Kidder . ‘Mercer Oliver Billings. Golden Valley . Hettinger Emmons . Slope .... Total additions Grand Forks » 902,24 Nelson . Traill 5,75 Stark .. 807,10: Burleigh . . 985,47: Total reductions Grand Forks has made a similar valuations on farm lands every y board of equalization has regularly STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION = FINISHES WITH COUNTY AUDITORS | Contend Game Wardens Have no:Authority to Enforce Blue Sab- Manahan’s Consultation With in Local Hotel Chambers—Grand ;his abstract, some of the county boards having delayed making their yeports until the end of the week, and the state board cannot act in- telligently until it has this abstract, showing the total assessed valuation ol, various forms of property, as equal- ized by the county boards. Same Old :Request. Grand Forks county came to bat as usual this year with a request for a redygiion of $2.34 pef acre in the as- sessed value of farm lands. The county ‘embraces 902,346 acres, and the fotal, reduction would he $2,111, 489.64,.or almost equivalent to the in- asked by all of the counties, combined. Some essed valuations of farm lands as\left by the county boards of Slope $528,218.46 + 44,541.84 233,722.65 327 163,678.72 5,208.79 145,716.12 $5,277.78 6 ac 2 acres at 1 5 acres at 14. + $8,922,128.62 ion of assessed request for the ru ear for some} time| ignored the reques. K BUSINESS Bismarck Leads State in Amoun During Last Year—Many Towns in State Ging Ahead With Work Regardless of War Cond!tions—Parshal-has Real Boom— Paving at Fargo Held Up by Sewer Maina-Dickinson’s New ‘Federal Building. Business as usual is being put into practice in a majority of North Da- “koas communities, building reports in- dicate. Bismarck probably leads the state in improvements. It is now completing a $500,000 paving project, a new public library, and work is about to tbe commenced on a three- story automobile sembly plant which will be one of the largest in the state. In the last 12 months expendi- tures in sewer, water and street im- provements and general construction had approximated $1,500,000 in this city. At Mandan. At Mandan the new Lewis and ‘Clark hotel, which former Governor L. B. Hanna is building at a cost of about $150,000, is nearing completion. Mandan late last fall completed nearly $300,000 worth of street paving, and foundations are now being placed for several substantial business — struc- tures. A new high school building will be finished Oct. 1. Dickinson Building. Dickinson has a new federal build- ing under way, and there is consider- able general construction work. At Minot, the most important municipal improvements contemplated are held up ‘by an injunction suit, but there is much general construction. Anamoose, following a victory for the municipal- ity in district court, is proceeding with an extensive waterworks and sewer extension. rrison has completed a new waterworks and a fine city hall. Parshall and Michigan. ‘Parshall is indulging in a building boom largely founded on a local war, but which has of it basically sound conditions on the reservation. Michi- gan-is enjoying a substantial building USUAL IN DAKOTA BUILDING CPERATIONS CED ¥,) t of Constrmtion Undertaken d i campaign; Carpn, its history, includ- ing a $70,000 \reinformed concrete county buildinggipon which the com- missioners are ing work, pending argument next. sday upon a peti- tion filed by Elgu parties for an order restraining the board from further proceedings in tis connection. Fargo any.Grand Forks. Among Parshll’s proposed new structures are |. fireproof home for the Parshall Famers’ Telephone Co., and a new garap|for the Holt Motor Co. In Fargo mich of the street im- provement has seen held up owing to recent sewei construction, which renders it inadvgable for the city to proceed with a lage amount of paving for which corracts were let last spring. Grand Forks is not doing any important buildhg, but at all of the educational instyutions, such as the university, the agricultural college and the state mrmal at Valley City and the Mayvillenormal extensive ad- ditions or new 5uildings are contem- plated or in preress of construction. The farmer, fi spite of early pros- pects for a poorcrop, has done more building as a ckss than in any other recent year, ant every lumber build- ing material deler in the state has reported an excdlent cash business. Storm Overtakes Auto Party Her2 After 5000 Miles Overland Tour After touring fve weeks and cover- ing 5,000 miles wthout encountering a drop of rain, C.S. Reed, warden of the Minnesota state ‘prison. and family under the careful supervisi Government. National Bank Examiner: have been laid down by the followed. ett , BISMAR he Bank with the Cloc What Is A National Bank? A National Bank, such as this institation, differs from other banks in that it is organized and conducted the Comptroller of the Currency keep in touch with the details of this bank’s workings, and, moreover, strict rules and regulations to ensure y This is one feature of the unque: offer you in mviting your account. TheFirst National Bank ion of the United States s under the direction of 0 absolute safety Government and must be stioned safety we SOME OF THE SWAGGER Elizabeth Marbury and F. Ray Com- stock will present their biggest New York musical comedy success, “Very Good Eddie,” at the Auditorium to- night. The engagement of this attraction here is a theatrical event of consid- erable importance, for it will bring a cast of remarkable quality, a pro- duction that will be the talk of the town, and a swagger fashion chorus | keep the company and performancé FASHION CHORUS (N “VERY GOOD EDDIE,” THE FAMOUS MUSICAL COMEDY ‘SUCCESS COMING 10 BISMARCK AUDITORIUM TONG which charmed ‘Broadway for over a year during the run of the show at] ed the Princess theatre. After the New York run “Very Good Kddie” went to Chicago, where. it remained six months, and from there it was sent on a brief summer tour of the western cities, creating a sensation in every city visited. It is now on its return trip and is due:to-resume its Chicago run early in September. It was to tions. gest song hits of recent years, many of them prime favorites here. And there are a number of delightful intact that the coast tour was arrang-; scene creations, dancing novelties jand out of the ordinary features, “Very Good Kddie” is founded on a while the dainty rosebud chorus is famous farce by Philip Bartholomae attired in a wealth of Parisian frocks. and Guy Bolton, and therefore has an! abundance of most laughable situa- To this has been added Jerome Kern’s melodious score, which con- tgins more than a dozen of the big- In the splendid cast will be seen Denman Maley, Georgie Maek, Harry Myers, Helen Kaymond, Florence Karle, Theodora Warfield, Harry Lin- key, Jean DeBriac, Elaine Ford, Ralph O’'Erien, Gladys. Clifton, Bessie Mulli- gan, Irma Chase and other Broadway favorites. . of Stillwater, Mont., wheeled into Bis. | marck at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon | just ahead of the storm, and thanked their lucky stars that their first bit of wet weather had placed them at the tender mercies of ‘Warden F. S. Talcott and family, friends of many years’ standing. The Minnesota war- den, one of America’s foremost peno- logists, Mrs. Reed and other members of the party are domiciled with War- den and Mrs. Talcott until King Sol frees the Red Trail from its surplus moisture. Mr. and Mrs. Reed and party were guests at the penitentiary en route west several weeks ago. After leav- ing here they toured Yellowstone park | and then proceeded to Walla ‘Walla, Wash., and other points in the Pacific northwest. During the entire five weeks they enjoyed ideal touring weather, although the continued drouth left its mark on some of the}: crops in regions through which they traveled. Conditions as a whole, how-|- ever, they found very satisfactory. C. S. Reed has been warden at ‘Still- water for four years and has made the Minnesota state prison a model of |, efficiency. TRAILL COUNTY GVEA STATE AID ON ROADS Highway Commission Will Maka Appropriation to Build Seven Miles of Pike The state highway commission in a brief session Friday granted Traill county’s petition for state aid on sev: en miles of road to be built west of Cummins, and directed Secretary Jay W. Bliss to advertise for bids imme- diately. Messrs. Andrews and White, the two appointed members of the board, could not be present, and no other matters were taken up . Murderer of Wetzstein May Be Tried Here for Stark County Killing Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 20.—Adolph Lehmann, charged with the murder of Mathias Wetzstein at Richardton last: June, because of intense prejudice ex- isting in this county, as shown by nu- Taylor and Richardton, will not be tried in Stark county, but probably, in Morton or Burleigh. He was ar- raigned in district court, and on mo- tion of attorneys for both prosecu- tion and defense the trial was con- tinued until September 4. NOW DICKINSON SEES IT Estimable Woman Living Near City Reports Flying Dutchman Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 20.—Dickin- son has had its glimpse of the flying ‘Dutchman of the air who has caused so much commotion in the Slope for the last month. Mrs. William David, a highly respected and _ intelligent woman, residing a few miles northeast of Dickinson, saw the night. raider clearly defined in the sky and execut- ing -all manner of fancy. slides and glides and loops and _ spirals. She watched it for some time before call- ing her husband’s attention to the phe- nomenon, and he agreed with her that it must be the mysterious plane. CK,N.D. RLY: NPE Tribune want ads will bring results. SETAE ESE I SUR TIE Kuck, farm, ten’ niles” worthwest of merous affidavits from residents of \ govand other points on the trail which are popular stopping places at the end of. an, easy day’s run report a con- Stantly growing tourist business. The trail has been improved for its en- itive: ‘length through Minnesota and {North Dakota, and the continued dry. Weather of the last three months have made ideal touring conditions. WOMAN SLEEPS A YEAR [MAYOS ASKED TO USE FARMERS, ENTHUSE. OVER PROMISE. OF DICKSON ROAD Well-Attended Meeting Held Sun- day at Home fof John Kuck Near New Leipzig New Leipzig, No D.,; Aug: 20.—An enthusiagtic mee! , Of prosperous é farmers*' interested. ;in the construc- Physicians Puzzled by Case of tion of the Dickinsgn, Lefor, Leipzig Mi Farmers’ ‘railway was held here Sua-'}* * . Clara Jorgenson of Ray, , day, when encouraging reports were «~~ Sound Snoozer’ * received, and all present indicated SeTit their desire to go ‘through: Wwith*tha | Rochester, Minn., Aug. 20.—Suffer- proposition without. delay, °°" ing from a malady for which physi- Th i ma. cians have been unable. to determine fe Session ‘was ‘held .at the John|a treatment which will give: immedi- ate results, Mrs. Clara Jorgenson of Ray, N. D., has apparently slept for the past five months, arousing only to a very slight degree when she is disturbed by the necessary changing of. bedclothes. Mrs. Jorgenson, after resisting the treatment of physicians at her home, came. to; a local hospital, accompan- fed by her husband. Physicians ad- mit. that her case is a peculiar one, but refuse to discuss it. NEW CONSOLIDATED | here, on the line of the proposed rail- way. It was announced that the town- sites of Vienna, Willa and Mozley. will be sold at once, ‘and the funds used to defray the expenses of pre- liminary work now in progress. Secretary Nick A. Lefor now is in correspondence with a number of promising business and “professional men, whom he hopes, to,,induce to lo- cate in the new towns.’ The propos- ed line will connéct.the main line of the Northern: Pacifie, at Dickinson, and the Mott line “of: the’ Ni P. and the New England “branch of ‘the Mil-| waukee, at New Leipzig. KMG Pree LE, su.” MANY USING TRAIL Tourist Business Largest in Hist- ory Despite the War zu Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 20.—Despite the war and ll other unfavorable in- fluences, reports from all points, on the National Parks highway, ecommon- ly known as the Red Trail, prové that tourist travel this’ season will exceed any other in the history of this trans- continental route. Hotels located. in Dickinson, Bismarck, Jamestown, Far- ~ ANTE ON WHE «Old Kind in Stark County the construction of a modern Versippi district. The school census dust completed gives Stark 5,025, children of school age, of whom all but 1.276, who form Dickinson’s quota, reside in rural or semi-rural astucts, ern consolidated schools, offering high school. advantages are fast replacing the little red school house, with its one teacher for eight grades. FLS WILL FEED SAMMY eccHIMNEY -— 1: Need, FIREBOX =!" DRAWERS Fo KITCHEN UTENSILS This is the ‘first picture of Unelig’Sam’s new kitchen on wheels. _ It is a field kitchen, an oven, a refrigerating plant an dcold storage chamber combined on one motor truck—a ‘me@del ‘ofcompactness and convenience. This kitchen will follow. the fag wit’ Sammy into France—and Sammy. hopes it will get there first. este i SMELT AVAE HER Modern Schools Fast Replacing Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 20.—Richard etmott of Buite, Mont., has com- room consolidated school in the county In these communities mod- FRST BREAK I OL HOURS FERRY FACE FRIDAY Good Ship Marion Strikes Sand- ~ bar and Breaks Sprocket- Wheel—Another Boat Chartered The first break in the 24-hour. ferry service which has been given daily by the Red Trail Ferry Co. since. the launching of the good ship Marion oc- curred last week, when the. stern wheel struck a partially submerged sandbar and broke a sprocket wheel, placing the. ferry out of commission for a few hours before the company could charter another boat to take the run temporarily. Service was restored last evening and will be continued on a 12-hour basis for a few days pend- ing the arrival of necessary repairs to the Marion. When the latter is again placed in commission, the 24- hour service which has proved so ac- ceptable to people of the twin towns, will be restored. The part which ‘was broken ‘last week was ordered by the company the middle of last June in anticipation of trouble when the Missouri fell to low water stage. Owing to the congestion in all foundry and machinery shops caused by the great demands which the war has made on them, delivery of the sprocket wheel has been de- layed. Otherwise only a few minutes would have been required yesterday to make the needed repairs. The Marion has been running day and night, giving patrons excellent service. As the river has receded, the company has been subjected to a heavy expense in changing and length- ening its approaches, but no pains have been spared to keep the ferry in operation and to eliminate the only break existing in the Red trail be- tween the two coasts. AFTER BOOTLEGGERS Immunity Bath No Longer Prom- ised Stark County Offenders Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 20.—A day of reckoning is approaching for Dick- inson bootleggers, whom the advent ofthe bone dry law, July 1 seems to have affected very slightly. Sheriff Hartung has begun a clean-up by ar- resting Eill Pruitt and Rex Barnes, old-timers, who had practiced their trade for so many years that they were generally regarded as immune, and Mr: Hartung advises that other , BOARDS. REPORT MONLY MEN WHO MAKE NO- CLAIM Practices legal and Unauthor- ized and Results in Unjust Discrimination ~. . ‘ CROWDER INSISTS THAT ALL TAKE THEIR CHANCES Chairmen Luther E. Birdzell Calls Attention to Necessity for Prompt Action The practice adopted by local ex- emption boards. in some counties of running through the entire registra’ tion list and reporting to the district: board only registrants who do not | claim exemptions is not legal, and will not be countenanced, Provost Marshat Crowder yesterday advised Governor Frazier in a letter which the latter is mailing today to the 53 local hoards in North Dakota. “Some county boards are proceeding to call throughout the whole list of persons registered and then to certify up only those who claim no exemp- tions, regardless of whether their or- der of obligation places them within the quota, leaving the claims of ex- emption undecided or merely formally allowing all of them without discrim- ination,” wires General Crowder. Permits Volunteering. “In effect, this course permits vol- unteering. among registrants. The method is illegal and unauthorized. All registrants stand in equality before the law. This practice results in call- ing men out of their order. The dis- trict: hoards must certify all names to the district board. Great care must ‘be taken by the local board to send no one to military duty whose order of obligation is so late as to make it improbable that he will be within the total quota. :. Must Certify Promptly. “District boards should certify Promptly to local boards those who claim,no exemptions and should also act promptly on the cases of persons whose’-order of obligation is early. The first.30 per cent of the quota may ‘be composed of men whose cases are decided, although the cases of per- sons of prior obligations are still pend- ing in the district board. When the second, call is made Sept. 19, there will be enough appealed cases within the exclusive jurisdiction of the dia- ‘trict board decided: to make up the second 30 per cent from men whose order of obligation is early. The same will be true of the 30 per cent called Oct. 3, but care must be exercised in the selection of the last 10 per cent to avoid including anyone whose order of obligation would not include him in the quota, while a registrant whose order-of obligation would result in his. ‘selection is allowed to evade service.” i ‘Boards Are Delayed. “Sufficient registrants must have been accepted by each county board, certified to the district board, and by that board certified to the adjutant general and back to the county boards to fill‘the 30 per cent of the quota to be called Sept. 30,” said Chairman ‘Luther E. Birdzell today in comment- ing upon the fact that some of the local boards have not shown the speed expected. Much of this delay is due to the fact that county auditors have been at the capital this week attend- ing sessions of the state board of equalization. ‘With ‘their resumption of duty next week, more progress may be anticipated. Some of the county boards are not certifying the names of men as accepted, but evidently be- lieve it the intent of the law that no certification be made until the coun- ty’s quota is filled. This is not a cor- rect interpretation of the law, states Judge Birdzell, and unless these coun- ties certify to the district board the nameg of men as they are accepted thav will not he ready to supply their 80 per cent of the total quota Sept. 5. Counties which have certified par- tial lists to the district board to date are: Adams, Billings, Burka, Burleigh, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Griggs, Hettinger, LaMoure, McLean, Oliver, Pierce, (Ramsey, Ransom, Sher- idan, Slope, Steele and Towner. No reports have been received from other counties, and the board will have noth- ing from them upon which it can act when it convenes next Monday. The board will work as rapidly as possi- ble, and will certify the names of ac- cepted men to the local boards and to the adjutant general beginning the third day following its convening. WANTED—Well broken bird dog. Ap- ply to F. A. Knowles, be uae FOR ve Expectant Mothers arrests are coming. USED BY THRES CENERATIONS THE ’. The Northwest Hotel A High-Class Hotel at Reasonable Rates eee 50c per day and up Siagle room with bath, $1.00 ae Running bot and cold water ‘im evety room Opposite McKenzie Hotel EUROPEAN .PATTER on ae ¥ day and night opposite 100 room w The NORTHWEST, 100 Rooms The McKENZIE, 210 Reoms The SOO,125 Reems. THE HOTEL CENTER IN . BISMARCK, N. D. EDW.c. PATTERSON, Qweeradd Prep. SON HOTELS Dairy lunch te Depoe Park. m4