The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1919, Page 8

PAGE 8° BURLEIGH FARM ASSESSMENT CUT BY COMMISSION Average Valuation of Soil to Be Slightly Over $14 Per Acre, Decrees Board SWANSON LEADS SLICING Commissioner From Driscoll Would Have Had Price Put Down to $12 Level The assessed valuation of Burleigh county farms on the average per acre is $14.20. It was $18.08 an acre. And it nearly was $12.78 an acre. This action was taken yesterday ar- ternoon by the county commissioners meeting as a board of equalization at the court house. There had been con- siderable discussion on how much the assessments on farm lands should be reduced. All of the commissioners felt that it should be reduced to com- pensate for the low valuations placed on farm lands in the eastern part of the state. In this they were upheld by State Tax Commiss‘oner Wallace who recently stated that he felt posi- tive the eastern part of the state as- sessed its farm lands considerably lower in proportion than the western part. Swanson for Low Tax. Commissioner Swanson was anxious to have the average place as low as $12.78. The other commissioners were afraid that if this were done the state equalization board might only raise it again whereas if it were placed at $14.20 there was no liklihood of the state board increasing the assessment. Commissioner Swanson—I make a motion to cut the present assessment ten per cent on farm lands making it $12.78 an acre. Silence. Commissioner ‘Swanson a lit'le lat- er—I would like to have a second to this motion so that it can get into the record, (Here it is in the unoffi- cial record (Mr. Commissioner.) ‘Silence. Whistless Eddie—Uelieve you are right. Think we might cut it. Commissioner Swanson’s face brightens up. Here is a cnance that the motion will get into the records af- ter all. But it proves to be a falsé alarm. More silence. At last Commis makes a direct appeal. you second it Birlea?” He Has a Notion. Commissioner No, 2—I have a no- tion to second it. But it was only a flash in the pan. A notion and a motion are two dis- tinct and separate things. Commissioner Swanson, stl] trying to get c second on his motion to make a further cut in the assessment—! have a—strong opinion that I am right in this. I feel sure the state board would allow this cut. The Whistless One—I was for that. ‘out changed my mind in the last. 24 hhours. Commissioner Swanson—I changed my mind too. I think this cut would also equalize values ibetter between ioner Swanson “Why don’t whisky bottle. city and country property in this county. Silence. Let Her Ride. Commissioner No. 2.—Let’s leave it stand where jj It does not make enough difference to cut any ice. Commissioner No. 1—I make a mo- tion to leave the assessment at $14.20. Commissioner No, 2—I second that. Voted on and passed unanimously. The commissioners dec’ded to levy a special assessment to meet the $60,- 009 expended on grasshopper controi in Burleigh county. They will prob- ably finish their work on county prop. eray today or tomorrow and will then take up the cit yassessments .No material changes are expected in the assessments in city property by the commissioners as the city commis, sioners have been working on this for several days. ‘Some of the reductions in assessed valuations in the various townships in the county have been reduced as much as thirty per cent, it was stated yesterday. Other townships have had their assessments raised. The commissioners continued their deliberations today. Solid Pullman to Carry Templars’ to Greatest Conclave Anticipated That Scores of Knights and Masons Will Go From Dakota The thirty-fourth triennial conclave LIGHTNING PATENT STOPPERS The kind everybody wants. Why? Because they last for years. Big shipment is coming soon so put in your order early —60c a dozen, 3 dozen for $1.75. Also_ high-grade Malt Sirups and Extracts. The expert knows what’s good. Order today— $1.50 and $2.00 a can, C.O. PETERSON, Agent 617 Ninth St. BISMARCK, N. D. SERVICE} TIRE SHOP Bert Drennen, Mgr. 214 Main St. WILL OPEN AUGUST 1 With a Complete Up-to-the-Minute Vulcanizing and : Retreading EQUIPMENT With Expert Workmen to Do Your Work DON'T THROW AWAY YOUR OLD TIRES We will save you at least half the cost of new ones, OUR SPECIALTY WILL BE QUICK SERVICE Mail Orders Filled in 24 Hours j Will realize more from their crops than cf the Knights Templar of America will be held in Philadelphia from the Gth to the 12th of September. This will undoubtedly be the greatest out- pouring of Templars ever witnessed in America, Philadelphia is making unprecedent- ed preparations to entertain the visit- ors. There will be a great naval pa- rede and a_ wonderful _ historical pageant outside of the ordinary Tem- plar eyents, Minnesota and North and South Da- kota Templars are planning on going in a special train from St. Paul. The train leaves the Twin Cities Friday evening, September 5, reaching Phila- delphia on Sunday afternoon. It is hoped that a special Pullman may be secured for North Dakota Templars and their families and friends. Cir- culars of information are being sent out to every Knight Templar in the state, and it is expected that by August 10 a sufficient number of responses will he received to justify a special Pull- man out of North Dakota. , While’ this pilgrimage is especially fcr Templars, any Mason and his fam- ily would be welcome to join the party, provided he planned to go east at that ime, The government railway administra- tion has granted a fare and one-third for the round trip on the certificate pian, the return limit from Philadel- hia being placed at present at Septem- ber 17. While this gives only two weeks, still it would enable anyone to make a fairly satisfactory trip east and back at a reduced rate, Any Knight Templar or any Mason who is interested in this trip to Phila- Gelphia would do well to communicate without delay with W. L, Stockwell, grand recorder, Fargo. FORMER RESIDENT IS VISITING FAMILY HERE Mrs. Bertha Potter, formerly a resi- dent of this city, with her father, Nick Burger, who have been visiting Mrs. Potter's daughter, Mrs. F. M. Tooker of Francis township, leave this after- neon for Comf Minn., where Mrs. Potter now resides with her father. They have been here for several days and also ed Mrs, Potter's son, Clin- ton Potter, at Minot. mers in the southern part of. Min- ‘sota have had as much rain as Bur- leigh county farmers have had drought this season. In fact crops there suf- fered more from too much dampness than crops here did from )he dry weather, All of the winter rye and corn around Comfrey is practically a total loss be- cause of the wet weather, according to M Potter. She said that the fields are so wet that it is impossible to run ‘a tractor through them or work with Lorses. She said that the farmers here . Potter stated today that the! TERRE HAUTE.—Confession of a pair of thieves that they stole whisky from the cellar of Demas Deming is the basis for a charge against the 78-year-old banker of violation of the state prohibition law. This is the mansion which they robbed and at the right is the financier who was taken to palice court. The con- fessed thieves swore that there was at least 100 quarts of booze in the cellar, but the house was not searched until some time after the confessions were made, and officers found no liquor when they visited Deming’s basement—only empty racks and the cork of a WILL TEACH TRADES Government Establishes Techni- cal School in Georgia.: Mechanical Instruction Available to Men of Southeast. Atlanta, Ga.—Out at Camp Jesup, where the clatter and roar of machin- ery and the clank of metal in the gov- ernment’s big shops greets the ear of the visitor, a new technical tratning school has been established, and is open to the young men of the South- east. This new school is’ the . training school of the Motor Transport corps, and is a part of the American univer- sity which is maintained overseas for the benefit of the men of the A. E. F. It is now announced that the training school will become a permanent. part of Camp Jesup, the great repair shop, which has been established on a per- manent basis and is located just three miles out of Atlanta. The new school is now receiving stu- dents and soon will be a flourishing institution, The physical equipment, including all necessary machinery, has been installed and the teaching staff has been selected. Camp Jesup will be one of four points at which men will be trained for the Motor Trans- port corps, and for future work along mechanical lines. The course of training calls for a preliminary. period of six weeks of military instruction by the military au- thorities of the camp. This will de- velop proficiency’ in understanding, obeying and transmitting orders, Fol- lowing this eight base trades will be taught. Sixteen weeks will be devoted to each course of study. No class will contain more than thirty students, and there will be a laboratory assistant for each six men. The school will be open the entire year and courses of instruction will commence three times each year. It will be open to men’ who have had uo technical training as well as to those who are far advanced but desire the further training available at this school. The completeness of the training of- fered is evidenced by the titles for which the students will qualify. Some Thorough Made farmers in southern Minnesota, BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE | BOOZE IN BANKER’S CELLAR, BURGLARS CHARGE REMAS DEIING ~9 of these are Beli-explanatory: Motor vehicle inspectors, motor assemblers axle, transmission ‘and cha assem: blers and inspectors; machinists, (a) bench work, (b) ‘operators of lathes milling machines, crankshaft grinders cylinder grinders; (c) toolmakers The course in ignition will train mer to supervise, install and repair ali types of magnetic and ignition sys- tems, REUNITED AFTER 12 YEARS Brother and Sister Meet Again as Result of Item~in Ohio Newspaper. Findlay, Ohio—Twelve years agce Farris Railing and his sister were separated when they left an orphans’ home in which they had been placed when thelr parents died, In that time they had completely lost trace of each other and it was not until this week that they were brought together through newspapers. Railing, whose home is in Findlay, returned this week after having served with the 145th infantry of the 37th di- vision. His sister, whose home is in Toledo, read of his-return in a news- paper and immediately got in touch with the Associated Charities of Find- lay, which located the returned sol- dter. MANY TOWNS GONE FOREVER) Impossible to Rebuild Some of French Villagés -in Battle Area. Daris, France,—Investigations by the commission which is examining the de- vastated regions of France are confirm- ing the previous evidence that man) of the beautiful towns and hamlets of the battle area are so totally ruined that-they never can be: rebuilt. Vaux, of immortal fame, has taken its place in the long list, and the mayors of two other historic villages, Douaumont and Fleury, have recently notified their people, who are refugees in various parts of France, that these places can- not be reclaimed. Not only‘is the soil in such shape that it cannot be culti- vated for many years, but the ruined hamlets are filled with hidden explo- sives and other dangers. SS StS Sails With Largest Cargo Ever Carried 4 Galveston, Tex.—The distinc tion of carrying the largest cargo ever contained in the holds of a vessel is claimed by shipping men for the British steamship Indore, which - left here for Liverpool with 28,386 square bales of cotton. This was accomplished by a method of scientifically compressing the bales until they occupied mini- mum space. The closest ap- proach to’ the record’ was made by the Russian steamship Omsk, which In December, 1917, car- ried 27,180 square bales {rym Galveston‘ to Liverpool. A strict news censorship would not per- mit mention of that record. SN NNN NN NS NNN NNN SS 4 LQTS CONGESTED SLEEPING jALBERT BLOOMER DODGES FIRE OF OWN WAR SHIPS Only Shells Which Endangered Submarine Were From Sister Craft Although he went to war to fight the Hun, Albert Blumer, just returned from over two years’ service in the navy, spent a good portion of his time dodg- ing shells from American warships, 1917, ‘and after taking the radio course at the’Great Lakes naval training sta- tion ‘near! Chicago, he was sent to the naval radio school at Harvard, Cam- bridge, Mass, In February, 1918, Blumer was sent {oq the submarine.base at New London, Conn., and given a chance to acquire sea legs on the submarine -D-2, one of the old-time craft used for instruction Turposes mainly, After taking innu- merable dives, sailing submerged and becoming acquainted with life on a submarine: in general, Blumer was as- signed to the 0-5 in June, One of New Subs. His new boat was one of the latest submarines in the American navy. It was 172 feet in length, had four tor- pedo tubes and carried eight torpedoes. ‘This sub was sent to Hampton Roads, Va., and assigned to convoy duty, According to Blumer, the 0-5 would be waiting outside of the harbor in the dead of night and would pick up troop ships, accompanied by destroyers, Jaden with soldiers bound for France. This work was done in absolute darkness, no lights being permitted and the crew of the submarine waiting every minute for a rain of shells from the American destroyers, for one submarine looks just like another at night, or when par- tially submerged, “We were on convoy duty out of Hampton Roads until August,” said Blumer today, “and we sometimes ac- companied our boats as far out as 2,000 miles before turning back. This was yery nervous work as we always had to submerge whenever one of our ves- sels approached our convoy. Our work was purely defensive and as gun crews on American warships were anxious to crack any submarine they saw, they ulways fired first and asked questions afterwards: The result was that we always dived’ whenever a vessel came into view. Seven Holes From Our Shells. “One night. we were laid up for re- pairs’ and’ another submarine was as- signed to convoy duty. When she re- turned, to Hampton Roads she had soven holes in her from American shells. Feing new to the game, she did not submerge fast enough when. an Ameri- can warship was sighted and as our gunners Were excellent shots it did not take them long to hit her. “The only time I saw a Hun subma- rine was when we were guarding a French cable ship which was repairing one of the Atlantic cables about 500 miles from the Virginia coast which liad been cut by a German submarine. he German was firing on an American schooner, but we could not go to its assistance as our duty was to guard the cable ship. . However, American de- stroyers reached the schooner before she sank.” Blumer’s boat was sent to the Azores for patrol duty and he was one day out from the islands on the way to Queens- town when the armistice was signed. He was discharged from the’ navy Ev] Blumer enlisted at Bismarck May 22, PUTT Special New Rockford Man Held Under Bonds FE. R. Davidson, former cashier of the Farmers & Merchants bank of New Rockford and a prominent busi- ness man of that city, was bound over on two charges of falsifying the books Overtaxes New York.—Dr, Connor, formerly of Johns Hopkins hospital, says: Hundreds of thousands of men who smoke and chew and who believe themselves healthy are suffering from progressive organic ailments. They would never have been afflicted had it not been for the use of tobacco and most of them would soon get well if they would only stop the use of tobacco, The best known habit forming prin- cipal of tobacco is nicotine, but the most deadly and demoralization is furfural. Both are deadly poison, which, when ab- sorbed by the system slowly, but surely, affect the nerves, membranes, tissues, vital organs and vitality of the body, The harmful effect of tobacco varies individual. In some it causes general debility, others catarrh of the throat, in- digestion, constipation, extreme nervous- ness, sleeplessness, loss of memory, lack of will power, cowardice and fear, men- tal confusion, etc.; in others it causes heart disease, bronchial troubles, hard- ening of the arteries, palpitation of the heart, tuberculosis, blindness, cancer and the common affliction known as tobacco eart. If you use tobacco in any form you easily detect its harmful effects by mak- ing the following simple tests: Read aloud a full page from a book. If your voice becomes muffled, hoarse and in- distince and you must frequently clear your throat, the chances are that your throat is affected by catarrh and it may be the beginning of very serious catarrhal August 5 and will get used to city ways after living many months in the cramped quarters of a submarine, be- fore starting work again. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY WANTED—Good first class housekeeper. See Geo. Gussner, 8-6-lwk WANTED—Good grocery clerk at Guss- ner's, 8-6-3t FOR SALE—Pliano, littl a. I at 219 2nd St., or MeConkey'a Bore: 8-6-lwk WANTED—Girl for general house- work, 815 2nd street. Mrs. T. E. Flaherty. 86 tt WANTED—Boy over 16 years at Choclate Shop. 861 wk FOR . RENT—Light heusekeeping rooms strictly modern. Phone 435R. 419 Seventhstreet. 8 6 lwk FOR’ SALE—Angora kittens, Call 144K Of 813 2nd street. Kee 8 6 3t FOR SALE—Bedroom set almost new, consists of bed, dressing table, chi- fonier, and chair and rocker to match. Address Tribune No. 23. ‘ 86 3t TAKEN UP—Two sows, red, about 125 Tbs each. Geo. Webel, east of cap- itol. 8 6 3t carefully, and you savings account. Bismarck, How about the porch steps or cellar stairs? What about the roof? Are the storm windows EKATERINBURG.—Any night in Ekaterinburg the railroad station is crowded like this with homeless Russian refugees. And Ekaterinburg is repeated all over Russia and Siberia nightly, ready for hanging? Have youa full set for the porch to make sleeping comfortabie? How about replacing the old wooden sidewalk with a new walk of concrete? When the contractor does that, why not let him floor the basement? It PHONE 77. | ARC TTR LITA A UNE LCA ILISSEAT SRSA TAT S7OT UTNE SRL Palm Beach Suits At BERGESON’S and depends on circumstances and the! RN ERMR R A ORD WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, 1919 ANORUENOUOUOUOOODOONSOUDGEIUQNOUDLSE $12.50 AUDUNDONOOGOOUGUOGUNGUOAUUOLONES of the bank during his incumbency as ceshier at his preliminary hearing in New Rockford this week, Assistant Attorney General Albert E, Sheets, Jr., who is representing the state in the matter, returned yesterday from New Rockford. On the other five counts against Davidson his attorney, C. J. Maddux of New Rockford, secured a continuance until October 4. Tobacco Hardens the Arteries, the Heart, and Shortens Life Says Dr. Connor, Who Suggests a Simple Test to Find If It Is Hurting You. Can You Stand It? trouble. Next, in the morning, before taking your usual smoke, walk up three flights of stairs at a regular pace, then stop. If you find that you are out of breath, if your heart beat is forced, trembling or irregular, you may be the victim of a functional or organic heart trouble. If you feel that you must smoke or chew to quiet your nerves, you are a slave to the tobacco habit and are slowly potsoning yourself with insidious deadly drugs, nicotine and furfural, In either case, you have just two alterna- tives—keep on with your selt:polsoning process regardless of the dangers, an suffer the consequences, or rid yourself of the habit and eacape the dangers, You can overcome the craving and stop the tobacco habit in a very short time by using the following inexpensive formula: Go to any drug store and ask for Nicotol. Take one tablet after each meal and in a comparatively short time you will have no desire for tobacco, The craving will have left you. With the nicotine pois- oning out of your system your general health will quickly improve, Note: When asked about Nicotol, one of our leading druggists said: ‘‘Nicotol is truly a wonderful remedy for the tobacco habit. It is way ahead of anything we have ever sold before. We are author- ized by the manufacturers to refund the money to every dissatisfied customer and Wwe would not permit the use of our name unless the remedy posseaeet! unusual merit.” Nicotol is sold in this city under an iron-clad money-back guarantee by all up-to-date druggists, including Len- hart’s and Breslows. The Art of Spending When you have learned the art of spending wisely, you will. also have learned the art of saving. Do not fool- ishly waste your money, but spend it considerable surplus to deposit in your Put your extra money into the bank immediately, before you are tempted to spend it. First save, then spend, or you will have little left to save. BISMARCK BANK Autumn Time is Repair Time Tunis is the time of year when everybody looks over his property, checks up the things that ought to be done and gets the carpenter, roofer or mason into action. The Yard That Saves and Satisfies Nortz Lumber Co. will always have a North Dakota will be easy to keep clean and will give you a splendid place for work bench and laundry. Autumn time ig repair time end we. have. everything you need to work with—LEHIGH cement, lumber, roofing, and you can count on prompt deliv- stile and your money’s worth ‘rom— BISMARCK, N. D. “ly Ti oe Me