The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 4, 1919, Page 8

PAGE 8" NORTH DAKOTA’S QN RAGGED EDGE, SAYS KOSITZKY State Auditor Finds But $67,- 289.55 in General Fund August 1 NO MONEY FOR SALARIES ‘North Dakota is skirting the rag- ged edge of bankruptcy, in the opin- ion of State Auditor Karl Kositzky, who today expressed the fear that the last three months of this year, at least, will witness no perambulation of the ghost at the state house. The condition of the general fund is worrying Mr. Kositzky. August 1, 1916, the balance in this fund was $33 576.05; August 1, 1917, it was $: 837.98; August 1, 1918, $184,56: gust 1, 1919, it was just $ Collections in August, 1918, totaled $54,000. If the same amount comes in this month, North Dakota will still be unable to meet the monthly allotment due the agricultural college, declares Mr. Kositzky, to say nothing of a pay- roll of some $60,000 at the capitol and the expenses of other state institu- tions. In August, 1918, expenses paid from the general fund, aggregaied more than $100,000. The average monthly expenditure from this. fund has been $193,135 during the current year, says the state auditor, and he predicts that with a large number of new commis- sions and departments ‘functioning’ this aggregate will be swelled to $229,- 000. Mr. Kositzky is avplying the brakes where he can. He has refused io al- low the workmen's compensation com- mission to draw on the general fund for salaries and expenses, insisting that these form a legitimate charge egainst the workmen’s compensation fund. The commission was given a: appropriation of $50,009 by the six- teenth assembly, and Commissioner Wehe desires to draw on that allot- ment. KILLDEER CHAMPS TAKE FOURTH GAME Strong Dunn County Aggrega- tion Deefats Rivals Killdeer, N. D., Aug. 4.—Killdeer’s ‘ball tossers won their fourth game, Sunday. when they. took the rubber from Dunn Center before a large and enthusiastic bunch of fans to the tune of 9 to 3. Jones and Huber worked ‘on the’ sla) for the city with the pep and Nelson and Crawford for Dunn Center. Jones pitched a classy game and but for two errors would have made it a shutout while his team- mates showed ‘some real stick work. They meet the fast Halliday team next Sunday onthe Halliday diamond. SCRAP. BIG WARSHIPS Great Britain to Dispose of Ves- sels by Auction, Memy of 200 That Have Outlived Use- fulness Hold High Place in Naval History, London.—Nearly 200 warships of the Sritfsh navy, most of which have ontlived their usefulness, are to be sold to the highest bidder as soon as they can be cleared of their guns, etc. Ameng the vessels to be disposed of are several which have a high place in naval history and around which hovers an intense sentimental interest. A somewhat similar step was taken by the admiralty in 1904, when a large number of obsolete vessels were dis- posed of. At that time a great hue and cry was ralged, as many persons feared that the strength of the navy would be seriously {mpaired, But, as a matter of fact, the sale of the ships resulted in making the naw stronger than ever and the coming sale ts expected to have a similar effect. The removal of obsolete vessels in 1904 had a two-fold purpose, and in both respects was justified by the war. It set free the personnel needed to start the nucleus crew system, and Placed out of commission ships which did not give an adequate return in fighting efficiency for the cost of their upkeep. Widespread Interest will be aroused by the revelation of the names of ships to be removed from service. Senti- mental interest in his majesty’s ships of war is strong, amounting almost to reverence, evoked by such an ancient monument as Nelson’s Victory. Among the ships now to be dis posed of are many which have bees brought prominently before the public eye. Several have flown the flags of distinguished officers, and not a few have made records in connection with the war. More than 100 destroyers, compris- ing the “A” to “F” classes, are now classed ag noneffective, and 97 of them, including 21 for immediate dis- posal, appeared in the list of April 9, There will soon, therefore, be no de- stroyers in the navy launched before 1909. All the torpedo boats, except the 36 turbine-driven boats of the coastal type built in 1906-09, are be- ing cleared off, and 46 are in the list. Perhaps the most interesting unit of this group is. torp&lo boat No. 079, which in the naval maneuvers was commanded by King George, then a lievtenant in the navy. Early American Statesman. Alexander Hamilton, one of our greatest statesmen, was sometimes called “Alexander the Coppersmith,” because of tle copper cents he had meade in 1798, when he was secretary of the treasury. These pennies were (Mavycanponpler.- withthe: people. ms billed 10.8 duel by Aaron Burr down. INSURANCE MEN TO MAKE DULUTH TRIP IN SPECIAL CARS Provident Insurance Company Agents Leave Wednesday as Barton & Beck Guests A special car containing more than f.fcy representatives of the Prov- ident Insurance Co. will leave Bis- marck Wednesday for Duluth to at- tend the annual conveniion of the Northwestern Underwriters’ associa- tion. They will be the guests of Bar- ton & Beck, state agents of the com- pany. The guests of the company will live on the special cars all of the time. Be- sides books, magazines, games and other means of spending the time en route, a talking machine will be ta- ken along to provide music, convention where matters of interest to the insurance men will ibe dis- cussed.. A banquet will be given on Thursday and on Friday all of the delegates, will be taken on an excur- sion on Lake Superior. The memiers of the party going in the special cars won the honor through a competition throughout the state, those writing the largest volume of business being included. Up to Au- gust 1, more than $4,500,000 in insur- ance had been signed up. The balance of the year, it is expected, will be even more profitable. To Make Trip. Among those who will make the trip as guests of Barton & Beck are Mr. and ‘Mrs. F. A. Vogel, Cole Har- ‘or; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dahl, Wing; (Mr. and MBrs. Simon Jahr, Wilton; ‘Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wildfang, Ster- ling; Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Renfrow, Baldwin; ‘Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Thomp- son, Bismarck; Mr. and Mrs, F. L. Conklin, iBsmarck; State Agent and Mrs, C. A. Barton, Bismarck; Mr. and Mrs, E. I. Geidt, Lehr, E. B. Kjelstrup, Parshall; W. A. Gogstetter, Under- wood; Miss Roth, Bismarck; Ben Iv- erson, Bismarck; G. V. Bratzell, He- ‘bron; G. 'H. Munson, ° Steele, State Agent F. W. Beck, Fargo; E. G. Wan- ner, manager for Barton & Beck, Bis- marok; Andrew Sailer, Bismarck; I. M. Hummel, Gackle; Mr. and Mrs. A. A, Stone, LaMoure; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Dahl, Norma; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jensen, Maddock; 1. L. Rockwood, 'Moffit; General Agent C. W. oJhnson, nS trusting to pray at the shrine of ton Ave. These little ones are lievers, At Duluth, the party will attend the|i APPEAL T0 ST. ANNE . BULLDOGGING GREAT WESTERN SPORT TG CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Bulldogging is one of the most exciting events of a roundup. And this contest’ between Don Hayford, Wyoming cowpuncher, and a vigorous young steer was one of the best of the annual event at Cheyenne, It lasted over three minutes and part of the time Hayford was on the animals horns, part of the time dragging by one hand before he finally put the beast Fargo; General Agent C. G. Williams, O. Klive, McClusky; A. U. Peterson, Calio; D. F. MeLeod, Cando; W. E. Paulson and son, Minnewaukon; W. W. Forne, Egeland; Paul Joos, Me- dina; W. A. Rued, Woodworth;, Paul Mann, Hebron; C. A. Lowen, Aneta; and W. A. Johnson, Fargo. (Mr, and Mrs. Moses of Bistarck and J. R. McVey have already left for Duluth, going by automobile, NINE- TENTHS OF INCH. OF RAIN. IS SEASON’S RECORD Heaviest Downpour of Year Vis- ited Bismarck This Morn- ing—Almont Flooded Nine-tenths of an inch of rain, the heaviest downpour of the season, fell Bismarck in about thirty minutes | this morning.* The water -came faster than catch basins ‘could it off. Lakes formed -at, street sections, and many cellars were flooded. The damage, however, was slight, The rain appears to have been gener- al over the Slope, a substantial fall being reported as: far -west as Dickin- son. At Almont a cloud-bust was re- rerted last night, * and : considerable damage ‘is: said to: have resulted from the avalanche of ‘water. - State Treas- urer Obert A. Olson, who drove in Sat- u:day ‘from’ Bowman, ‘states that he Was chased: all the way into Almont by a cloud-burst which broke every 25. miles. ‘ With this helpful rain, crop ‘condi- tions*in central North Dakota are ex- pected to advance to a point where they will be superior to those in any other ‘section of the state. There is comparatively little rust west of the eastern edge of Burleigh county. Stands of wheat are only fair, but the heads seem well filled, and. the quality of the grain is expected to be far the best in the state. The report of rainfall at the Soo offices in this city was as follows: Sanish, 1 inch; Van Hook,.1 1-2 inch; Parshall, 1 inch; Plaza, 1-4 inch; Makoti, 2 inches; Ryder, 2 inches; Douglas, 1 inch; Max, 1-2 inch; Bene- dict, 1-4 inch; Ruso, 1-4 inch; Dogden, 1-8 inch; Kief, 1-2 inch;; Garrison, 3-4 inch; Coleharbor, 1 1-2 inch; Under- {wood, 2. inches; Washburn, 1-4 inch; Wilton, 1-44 inch; Baldwin, 1-2 inch. _| éxodus Dickinson; B. C. Laprene, Minot; E.| m, REPORTS OF RUIN FALSE, DECLARES LAND BANK CHIBF Quamme ‘Asserts That Not a Single ‘Slope Farm-Owner Is Giving Up LOAN PAYMENTS ARE MET Mott, N. D Aug. 4.—Reports of an from the Slope of dis- couraged farmers have no foundation in fact, announces E. G. Quamme, president of thé federal land bank of St. Paul, following a three-days tour of this section of the state in com- puany with D. B, Morris, county agent, and F..G, Orr, * Mr. Quamme came to Mott to inves- tigate the condition of the country with a view to determining the sta- bility of farm loan securities here. He stated that‘ riimors were current in St. Paul and as far east as Washington that the fields’ were entirely denuded of vegetation and that crops were'a complete failure; that there was: no feed for stock, and that heart-brok- en farmers were moving out by the trainloads. In not a single instance, reports ‘Mr. Quamme, has-he found where a land- owner had left the country or was planning to leave.’ A few renters have become discouraged and pulled stakes, but so far as the actual farm-owners are concerned, they are sticking, to a an. Borrowers from the federal land bank adviaed the«president that pay- ments would be made when they fell due. .There is not a:single delinquent in this section at the present time. While the yields :will be small, there is hardly an acre which is not worth Karvesting; and many farms will have profitable crops: . These yields, togeth- er with the steady income from stock and‘ cream “checks ‘are enaYling the afrmers to more than meet expenses, even in this, the most adverse year in the history of the Siope. TOWNSHIP: BOARDS ASKED TO FATHER HOPPER CONTROL County Agent Gustafson Hopes Burleigh’ County Will Be Free of Pests. Next Year. Every. township.:board in Burleigh county is being asked to help the erad- eation of grasshoppers by the county commissioners * and County Agent George W. Gustafson. Letters signed by. Mr. Gustafson and T. J. Flaherty for the commissioners are being sent-out today. The town- ship board are also reuested to aid in helping the farmers in the drought stricken setion, of ygestern North Da- Architects Alarmed by Shortage of Draftsmen. “ Washington.—There is a serl- ous shortage of draftsmen, uc- cording to reports that have come to the division of public works, and construction: develcp- «ment fnformation and education service, United States depart- - ment of Iabor.- Since. the re- vival of the building industry architects have discovered that it 1s difficult to obtain a class of workers formerly +o plenti- ful that they could not command high salaries. The present short- age is belleved to be:due large- ly to the fact that many drafts- men have established’ them- welves during the war tn otber vocatfons, where they have been ‘able to procure better salaries than they conld obtain in their original line of work. CLAIMS KINSHIP ‘TO KAISER Girl-Held for Theft in England Says She Is Princess of Germany. kota and eastern Montana by cutting all the hay in their sectons and filing with the ‘county agent the amount of this hay that’ is available for use by farmers in the dry sections, “Stewart Lockwood of the agricul- tural college at Fargo, who is the United States special field agent in charge of grasshopper control has written me a letter about the best methods of fighting the hoppers now so as to reduce their numbers next year,” said Mr, Gustafson today. “Mr, Lockwood urges strongly fall plowing and the distribution of poison as the two most effective measures to take. Grasshoppers will not lay their eggs in ‘broken ground and where it already has been done by the hoppers, the eggs will be destroyed by plowing, So if farmers will plow this fall they will not only Improve the productive- ness' of thelr lands, but they will des- layed and prevent the grasshoppers fiom laying their eggs in the plowed fields.” GOOD WHEAT CROP ON FARM NEAR BISMARCK One -of the best fields of wheat in Burleigh county is located. on John Jenning’s farm ‘north of Bismarck, ac- cording to George W. Gustatson, coun- ty agricultural agent for this county. Mr. Jennings has 50 acres in wheat which was not damaged to any great extent by either grasshoppers’ ‘or drought according to Mr. Gustafson: It should yield at least 12 bushels to the acre. The corn on this farm is also very good. n ; When the grasshoppers first. made nings spread poisoned bran through- out his fields and later treated his fields again with this mixture. The result is that there are thousands of dead grasshoppers in the fields, and his crops are in excellent condition, according to the county agent. Looking For Hay. was in Bismarck on Sunday looking for hay for the cattlemen in his coun-j ty. Mir. (Mendenhall was unsuccessful as all of the surplus hay and straw that could be used for feed in this vi- cinity.has been brought up.by others from.the drought stricken. sections in the west. Mr. Mendenhall went to Valley City last night in hopes of ac- complishing his mission there. Failure. When a man lacks principal he nat urally fails from lack of interest. CASTORIA In Use For Over 30 Years Wanted: Hay Baled: Proposals from party with hay baler to put up 400 to 1000 tons of hay. Will let contract: to. bale .. entire amount or will pay so much per ton for use of baler and man to run it. r Mail proposals giving esti- mates of cost to Box 546, Tribune, Bismarck, N. D. London.—Trled. on: a ‘charge of lar- ceny, a girl known as Daisy Irving tes- tifled at Bromley, Kent, that’ she was innocent and had a “double” who was a thief. The git] sald she was born at Potsdam on January 1, 1893, and was christened Diamendo — Wilhelmina Hohenzollern. 5 Her father was Prince Victor Wil- helm Hamburg Hohenszollern, the son of the brother of the ex-kaiser and cousin to the ex-crown prince. Her mother was a Frenchwoman, and the only name she’-knew her by Was Girlle Irving. Accused further sald that she had visited nearly. every gountry ‘during her life, but the first time she cdme to England was in Octo- ber last. f ‘ { She then came with; her parents from Paris, A motor journey and a visit to a bungalow were incldents of her, adventures of which the accused spoke. “I'am a Gerinan. princess in my own right,” she declared. It was alleged that under the name of Miss V. Raymond’ she rented a fur- nished cottage at Hayes and while _. NEW YORK—Children who would be like normal boys and girls—cured of disease and deformities—were among the most St. Anne in the church in Lexing- touching their lips to the sacred relic, bit of the wrist bone of the saint, and in the basement of the Ho. church is a pile of crutches, monument to the faith: of the be- there disposed of a plano, a sewing machine and other household articles. Marries Brother's Widow. Topeka, Kan.—An unusual feature developed at the marriage license desk in the probate judge's office ‘here when Ernest D. Day, thirty-two years of | age. of this city, secured a license to wed Katie Day, twenty-one years of age, also of Topeka. Mrs. Day was the widow of his brother. This is said to be the first'time such a thing has occurred here. It is prohibited by law the news of the times, the in ‘some states and -some countries, aes. ER troy anyhopper eggs which have been | their appearance this year, Mr, Jen-|, ‘D. W. Mendenhall of Glendive, coun- ' cently were due to the number of new | ty agent for Dawson county, Moats NO NEW BUILDING FOR LOCAL PHONE COMPANY IN 1919 Work May Be Started Next Spring — No Underground Wires Until That Time After several.months in the hands of government control the telephone and telegraph companies were turned back |, to their original owners at midnight July 31, With this move, subseribers who have been complaining about the ser- vice belng much below normal during the period of government conticl are hoping that it will be improved. RATES BOOSTED The first thing the local telephone company did upon reassuming control ef its wires was to boost the rate on business telephones 50 cents a month. The state railroad commission will pro- ‘bably act on this raise within the next four months as reuired by law and ,either uphold the advance or order the former rate to be restored, MAY BUILD ’ There is a possibility that the pros- pective new home of the telephone company will be erected next spring, | but L. 8S. Craswell, manager at the local office stated today he did not have any definite information on this matter. The telephone company owns the prop- erty west of the McCabe Methodist clurch and it is on this lot that the new building will be constructed when a-decision is reached, CONDUIT SYSTEM The placing of telephone wires un- derground will not be attempted until the new building is erected, according io Mr. Craswell, who also stated that the conduit for the underground wires ‘is all constructed and that some parts of it are now in use. Mr, Craswell stated that any 4if}- culties experienced by subscribers re- ‘MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1919. cn account of sickness and other causes. ‘This condition is improving alt the time, sald Mr, Craswell today. Jack Chamberlain tll. Jack E. Chamberlain, who was ab- sent from Bismarck for the past three years and thas just returned from service in the national army, is con- fined to his bed with a severe case of the mumps. Why Discard Your Old Worn Tires? MAKE ’EM OVER Our Retreaded Tires Save You One-Half the Cost of New Ones. Some of our ‘“‘made-over” tires have run 6,000 miles, many 4,500, and none less than 3,500 miles. You would hardly believe it, but it’s true —we do what we say we'll do. We make old tires a better than many new tires. INSPECTION INVITED Out of Town Work Given Prompt Attention Bismarck Vulcanizing Co. “MAKE ’EM OVER” Located with the Maynard Tire & Auto Co. perators it was necessary to employ | PHONE 55—N. W. HOTEL BLDG. - . John N. Willys President of the Willys-Over- land Company, manufacturer of ths Overland Automobile, denies that he or any of the Companies which he controls are or ever have been interested in the stock of the OVERLAND TIRE COMPANY or its busi- ness and affairs and that any of the products of said Overland Tire Companyarebeing handled by or through the Willys-Over- land Company or any of the in- terests controlled by him. OAH WEBSTER defines ubiquity as “existence everywhere at the same time.” While the power is not given to mortals, its closest approach is given to you through the activities of such a newspaper as this. The activities of men, the progress of events, the new discoveries in science, philosophy, invention, the latest revelations of art and letters, the manifestation of nature, all over the world are brought to you through the far-reaching facilities of the newspaper. In every. land, on every sea, in the air and. underneath the earth lore of the past. 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