The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1919, Page 8

EIGHT LET ARMY TRUCKS SERVE PUBLIC AND CUT HIGH COST OF LIVING! MOTOR EXPRESS LINES SERV. BIG SAVING SURE IF PRODUCE GOES DIRECT 10 CITY Plan Already in Successful Oper- ation in Vicinity of Des Moines MANY TRUCKS AVAILABLE Uncle Sam Has Hundreds of Big Machines Ordered for War and Now Idle New York, August o.—Thou sands of motor trucks, no longer needed by the War Department, but turned over to the Postoffice Depart- ment and put to work in extending a network of permanent rural express motor truck routes all over the Unit- ed States to bring perishable foods direct from the farmer to the city consumer, will help break the high cost of living. This suggestion is contained in a report of the New York State Recon- struction Commiss‘on, headed by Abram I, Elkus, former U. S. Ambas- sador to Turkey, just made to Gov- ernor Smith. MOTOR TRUCK EXPRESS ROUTE IN OPERATION. “The postoffice department has aided the movement for rural motor express not only by conducting ex- periments, but by placing motor truck express routes in permanent operation in various parts of the country, their financial success being guaranteed iby the fact that they carry mail be- tween the termini. The department has certain plans for using for this purpose the trucks no longer needed ‘by the Army,” says this report. In March, 1918, the postoffice de- partment made its first experiment with motor express. At six. o’clock one morning they loaded a motor truck at Lancaster, Pa. with 18,000 eggs in crates and 1000 day-old chicks and started it off for New York City, 180 miles away. At the same time, they sent tho same kind of shipment to the same consignee by train. The truck arrived in New York only 12 hours after it left Lancaster. Four of the chicks were dead and nine eggs were ‘broken, when the goods were delivered. at the consignee’s door. The train shipment was four days in reaching Jersey City. Another day was lost sending a notice to the con- ‘signee that it had arrived, He was then, obliged to send his own truck over for the shipment. And when it finally reached his door, thousands of eggs had been smashed. Half the chicks were dead. iit: 1OWA SPUD PRICE CUT FROM $1.75 TO $1.25, The Kevonstruction Commission cites as typical the shipping of pota- toes between two towns in Iowa. “The farmers around St. Ansgar, Towa,” says the report, “raised pota- toes which they sold for 90 cents a ‘bushel to buyers who shipped them out iby rail to the large cities where many of them were reshipped to other points. At Mason City, only 25 miles from Ansgar but not on the same railroad, people were paying $1.75 a bushel for potatoes, which were shipped there from 300 miles away. A rural motor express line was started in Mason City. Among other things, it brought in potatoes from the St. Ansgar farms, paying the farmers $1.00 a bushel for them, in- stead of 95 cents, and selling them to the Mason City consumers for about $1.25 instead of $1.75 a bushel.” More than 600 motor express lines are already in successful operation. There are 150 in California alone. The entire state of Iowa has been divided into districts, each district has been mapped out in motor truck routes, and dozens of lines are runn’ng and making money for themselves. besides |, serving the farmers, the little villages and the central cities: In recommending immediate action ‘by the state of New York to encour- age the establishing of rural motor truck lines, the commission says: “The local motor truck lines will take one milk can or a dozen; one ‘bushel of apples, one crate of berries, or of eggs, or of chickens, a pound of nails of a potato. And they will de- liver these goods promptly. For ex- ample—a Maryland farmer had been feeding his cream to the pigs be cause he did not have enough to ship ‘by the railroad and couldn’t afford to han! t to town himself. A truck line was started that passed near his farm. and he immediately sent his cream to market at a good price. He was the gainer, and so were the peo- ple in town, who wanted that cream. The pigs were fattened on a less ex- pensive diet. Twenty-two of these lines are now operating in Maryland; 15 out of Balt'more alone. Thirty trucks cover a total of 1574 miles a day on these routes. Some of them run in and out of Washington; and it is said that, but for these trucks, there would have been an absolute milk famine in that city. The Balti- more trucks carry a hundred tons of food into town every day, and hun- dreds of patrons along the routes were served regularly all last winter regardless of weather conditions. ‘ WANTED Experienced proofread- er; also girl with good education to assist in proof room and learn proofreading. Call at Tribune and ask for Su- tf Perintendent.—_. SUE | | epee tt ING FARMERS vexectiwen Des Moines.—Anticipating the day when motor express lines will be serving the rural districts throughout the country, Iowa has a complete system farmer's products to carry to the city. of such lines. Trucks like this travel 0| There now are in the United State: ver established routes and gather the 3600 motor express-lines and the num- Ler will be enormously increased when plans for turning war trucks to rural express service are worked out. ‘BIG HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS HERE IN SHAPE FOR JOB State Has Big Fleet of Four- Wheel-Drive Machines Stand- ing Idle at Capitol LEAGUE HAS NO SOLUTION William Lemke, Bishop of Na-| | tional Organization, Declares Reports Unfounded There are now parked back of the state house scores of large government motor trucks, powerful four-wheel drive muachines, ranging up to three tons ca- pacity, which could be made immedi- ately available for the direct transport of food products from the farms to the cities of North Dakota. The:. trucks have been assigned to the state .high- Wey department, which has not yet seen fit to assign them to duty on the maintenance or construction of roads. | LEAGUE NOT READY. ' In reply to a report coming from the east to the effect that the National Nonpartisan league purposed to imme- diately establish huge distributing de- pots at Newark, N. J., and other sea- board points, and to ship farm produce from North Dakota, Minnesota and oth- er northwestern points to the consum- ers in the congested. eastern area, Wil- liam Lemke of the league’s national executive board declared the report un- founded, asserting that the league had} entertained no plan for such immediate action. He dictated the following state- ment; “The Nonpartisan league was formed} for the purpose of getting the producer and consumer together through public ownership. The Bank of North Dakota! 1s now in operation, which undoubtedly will lower the rate of interest on farm’ loans and make the interest rates uni-; form throughout the state. “The mill and elevator asscciation has purchased a mill and is now Jovat- ing four large mills and terminal ele- vators in the state, construction of which will be pushed. “These enterprises will be run for service and not for profit, thereby ben- efiting both producer and consumer. “The home building association will build cheaper and better homes on easy terms of payment, “The league legislature passed a law doing away with unjust discrimination i: local freight rates, which we hope the federal government will put into op- eration soon. Public ownership of rail- roads, efficiently managed in the inter- est of the people, will lessen the cost of distribution. “(Signed) WILLIAM LEMKE.” NOTHING FOR PRESENT. The league, however, has nothing to! offer for the present. Developments to which Mr, Lemke refers are for the future, f Attorney General William Langer is now considering the calling of a con- ference at the capitol of state’s attor- neys and other law officers of the state with a view to determining whether scmething cannot be done in this state to regulate distribution and prices of foodstuffs and to reduce the cost of liv- ing. It is hoped that something may come out of this conference. Aside from this, nothing, so far as can be learned, is now under way in North Dakota to make living conditions easier for the ultimate consumer. WHY IT PAYS TO USE MOTOR TRUCK ON FARM In these days of vanishing farm help, says E. T. Herbig, sales direc- tor of the Service (Motor Truck Co., the time the farm worker stays on the job is of great importance; and a fullday taken for getting a load of produce to or from the market when it could be done just as well in half a day or less is one.of the items that would go a long way toward repaying the cost of a motor truck. With a truck the farmer can de- liver a bigger load, do it quicker, and with far greater ease and comfort, than with horses. On many farms the motor truck will do everything the farm wagon with its team can do, and do it quicker and easier. In addition to hauling farm prod- ucts to market, the truck can be used singly or with trailers in hauling hay and grain from the fields to the barns, cribs and granaries or to the elevator or mill, Where dairying is a part of the farm industry, a truck forms the 2 road or milk depot. For the truck garden or fruit farm a truck provides the only means of moving big loads of perishable products quickly and economically. A good motor truck will shorten the farmer's hours of labor, increase his profits and give him more time for recreation. It will enable him to devote more hours in the tield when it is essential to get the planting done or the crops harvested, thus eliminat- ing much uncertainty as to the out- come of the season’s efforts. WOMAN THREATENS TO SLAY FATHER WHO TOOK HER BOY Dora Gahursky of Golden Valley Claims Sam Herchenko Robbed Her of Babe Beach, Pierzina made a trip to Golva in record time Monday evening on a telephone; call from that place saying a woman was threatening the lives of people! there. Upon arrival at that place hel took into custody Dora Gahursky of} Max and Sam Herchenko of Golva, and brought them to Beach, and there- by hangs a. tale. Five years ago Herchenko and Miss Gahursky met at Max, and as a result of their intimacy a child was born. In March, last year, the couple entered into an agreement whereby Herchenko paid the woman $500 and-in return secured from her a release of liability, | or the right to the child, which he took! Possession of and placed with a family | near Washburn, according to the story j told at a conference in State’s Attor- ney Gallagher’s office which was; participated: in by the two parties di- rectly at interest, State’s Attorney Gal- lagher and Mark Jones, attorney for Herchenko. At this conference it further devel- oped, according: to the story told The Advance, that Miss Gahrusky claimed she did not understand, when signing the release, that she was to‘lose the child, and later went to the family caring for it and took possession of; the boy. Last week she, the boy and| Herchenko met at Bismarck to talk the matter over further, when Herchenko' took the boy away, ostensfbly to buy him candy, and the woman has not seen him since. Not locating Herchen- ko in Bismarck, she went to Golva, net him, and threatened to kill him, and herself if the child was not re- stored to her, so the story runs, and it was upon this charge she was taken into custody. It now appears from the reports giv- en out as to the conference Tuesday right, that Herchenko has given the child into the custody of Frank D. Hall, head of the North Dakota Chil- dren’s Home, Fargo, and claims he has no further purisdiction in the matter, proceeding, as he supposed, in his full rights in the matter. It is understood Miss Gahursky will} take steps to reclaim the child from the Children’s Home, as she left for Fargo, Wednesda: CROWDS THRONG TO BARGAIN OPENING OF POPULAR STORE Advertising Does It, Says Well- worth Store Proprietor as Women Fill Place The largest crowd that ever tried to widen the entrance of a local _ store formed scores deep in front of the| Wellworth store this morning in anvat-° tempt to obtain some of the many bar- gains advertised for today only. Never before, probably, has the value of advertising in daily newspapers been better proven. The store ran a full page advertisement in The Tribune a few days ago announcing the sale and enumerating many of the bargains that would be found on the counters today. The result was that women from all over Burleigh county flocked to the Wellworth store this morning, threaten- ing the plate glass windows in their anxiety to be sure of getting the bar- gains. BK was undoubtedly the largest sitpouring of women in this city and county ever seen before. “I expected results because I knew we had the goods and that is why I advertised these wonderful bargains,” said E. H. Webber, proprietor of the store today. “But when I saw that crowd of bargain hunting women my heart almost stopped beating. I was al- most stunned at the number of people who were in the store buying right and Jeft of the ridiculously low priced bar- gains offered. N. D., Aug. 19.—Sheriff| @ received a sad blow today, and I ex- pect to repeat this sale With some- what different articles ina short time. One of the wonderful facts'of the crowd was the large number of women from out of town. I can not. remember ever. seeing, so many out-of-town buy- ers before and it jus$ proves that if the merchants have. something good to offer them, they will come to Bismarck on days other:-than Saturday. “Does it pay to advertise? Well, I’ll say it does..When)I'run my next page ad I willbe sure and remove the doors before the crowd comes.” Sound-Proof Council Room. The apartment at 10 Downing stree!, where the meetings of the British cab» inet are held, ‘is a solid and plainly furnished room, 15 feet long and 20 feet wide, fitted with double doors, through which no sound can reach the keenest listening ears. fa fi Branch Store and in order drayage.and the damage quickest and best means of getting the milk from the farm to the rail- “I am sure that the high cost of liv- ing in Bismarck and Burleigh county crpebmamcmnnrns < c0ree8 (By Frederick M. Noa.) Dickinson, 'N. D., Aug. .—After be- ing twelve weeks in continuous op- eration, the Dickinson state normal summer school came to a brilliant close at noon, Friday, August 1. Two sessions, each of six weeks, had been held, the first, from May 12 to June 6, and the second, from June 10 to August 1. Both sessions were ex- cellent, but the second session was especially successful. The faculty included such educa- tors as President Samuel T. ‘May, Supt. Robertson, of Hebron; Supt. Gleason, of Taylor; Dr. Willis Bell, of Dickinson; Miss Emry, of Fair- field, Ia.; Supt. C.. L. Love, of Mandan (Miss Harrison, of Clinton, Ia., a gift- ed musician; Supt. 'Sakwik, of Bow- magn; Miss Schmirler, of Boscoville, Wis.; Miss Sommers, of Minneapolis; Miss, Haig, of Lincoln, Neb.; and Miss. Yeaton, of Minneapolis. An earnest student body of about two hundred of the most promising teach- ers of the Western: Slope of North Dakota’ zgnthusiastically . co-operated with this fine faculty. *Broad‘Corriculum. A. most,broad:-and, varied curricu- lum was offered which fully covered the requirements for state certifica- ¥-tion, and also included industrial and commercial “branches... The: most marked characteristic’ of the sciool was its insistence upon thorough, con- scientious, steady, intelligent work, directed towards definite ends. Working through an exceptionally hot and dry summer was not easy, but whatever drudgery was neces- sarily involved, was abundantly re- leved by many a. flash’ of: genuine American wit and ‘humor, ‘In. the class rooms and at assembly. A delight- ful recreation was provided every day at five in the afternoon,’ when such of the student teachers’ as ‘desired used to gather in the Assembly Hall, and engage in patriotic and other community singing under the. direc: tion of Miss Harrison. iMay Shows Ability. DICKINSON NORMAL MAKES GOOD IN SECOND SUMMER SCHOOL SESSIONS Student at Slope’s Sole Institution of Higher Education Delighted With Proficiency Shown by President May and Teaching Staff The striking success of the summer school was undoubtedly due in very large measure to the executive abil- ~ARE EASY TERMS Free Stool—Free Book—Free Delivery The Getts Piano House are forced to close their Bismarck to save the cost of freight and incidental to shipping Pianos and Phonographs to our already crowded stores at Fargo ity .of Pres. Samuel T. ‘May and the|tion will soon provide the normal active co-operation of all the county superintendents of the western slope. At the assembly hour, from eleven till noon, every morning, an expert speaker addressed the student boay on vital topics. Miss Emry distin- guished herself in presenting and an- alyzing current events; the Stark county agricultural agent, Mr. New- man of Dickinson, ably demonstrated grain testing and dockage; David An- derson, of Indiana, gave an interest- ing talk on his unique insida knowl- edge of Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington; Agricultural Commissioner Hagan explained indus- trial and educational problems, and State Superintendent Minnie J. Niel- son demonstrated what the consecrat- ed rural teacher could accomplish in socializing and uplifting her or his community. President May is a gifted teacher. He took personal charge, at the be- ginning of the second session, of the large class in advanced American history. He made every member of the class at once feel thoroughly at home. Then he aroused their inter- est and enthusiasm by showing that all history, and especially American history, is intensely interesting, and a fundamental knowledge of history is of vital importance. © It ig.:charac- teristic of his unique. method of pres- entation that he’ stated that, in his judgment, the most transcendent sin- gle event in history was the birth of Jesus Christ, and that the next event in importance was the birth of Chris- topher Columbus and the discovery of America. Shows Good Growth. The Dickinson state normal school is only two years old and the young- est of all the normal schools of North Dakota, but it has abundantly vindi- cated its establishment. It is de- stined, in a very few years, to :be- come one of the largest and most successful normal schools of Ameri- ca. The good people of Dickinson have given the school most loyal and enthusiastic. support. The quarters of the normal are in the Elks build- ing, the finest edifice in the city. Lo- cal public spirit and state co-opera- WEDNESDAY, AUG, 13, 1919 essary for permanent (buildings and an extensive campus. Dickinson is a staid, quiet city of 5,000 inhabitants, on the main lne of the Northern Pacific. The city is fortunate that it has never been cursed by a mushroom boom, but has kept on growing and prospering steadly. It Mes amid (beautiful scen- ery and is an ideal spot for the new- est of North Dakota normals. The Dickinson state normal school is an inestimable boon for the entire western slope, Previous to its estab- Ushment ambitious teachers were forced to go far across the state of North Dakota, either to the Minot or Valley City normal, at tremendous inconvenience, expense and sacrifice. AUTO PARTIES NOT CONTRIBUTING TO BALL TEAM SCORED Indignant Fans Used Strong Language About Motorists Who Do Not Pay Indignant fans were loud in their condemnation last night at the number of automobile parties that viewed the ball game between the navy and the Bismarck team from ‘outside the con- fines of the ball park, thus enabling them to witness the game without pay- ing any admision. “It is too bad that these people will ccmplain about the local team and yet ‘will no contribute to its support,” said one irate rooter today. “The team has not made $2 per man this year and many of their. games were played at a loss. Yet they try to put up the best. brand of ball they. possibly can, but when it comes to financial syagort, they witness the games without pass. ing through the admission gate.” One ardent fan, who always sees the games from his automobile, but pays to do it, said he counted more than sixty automobiles last night that saw the game for nothing. BOLSHEVIKI TAKE DUBNO, HOME OF OUR FRIEND DUB Vienna, Aug. 13.—The fortress of Dubno, in southeastern Volhynia has ‘been captured from the Bolshevik for- ces by the Ukranian army according to Ukranian official reports received INV IF WANTED ITED here today. THE EVENT OF THE YEAR mo YOU- Wee: Pianos, Player-Pianos and Phonographs | TO BE SOLD AT SACRIFICE PRICES s SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FOR CASH—CAR FARE PAID TO OUT-OF-TOWN CUSTOMERS. and Grand Forks, we will offer a discount of from 25 to 35 percent from the regular price of any Piano or Player Piano in stock. What You Pay For a Piano isn’t so'important. It’s what you get for your money that counts. Every instrument on our floor is a super. value and a sound investment. The world’s best makes and the the largest variety shown of any Piano House in the State. Mr. Getts of Fargo, N. D., will be here in person to make terms of easy payment. DON’T OVERLOOK THIS GREATEST OF ALL PIANO OPPORTUNITY. ~ Getts Piano House OPPOSITE N. P. DEPOT IN FOLSOM JEWELRY CO. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. If you-can’t come in person write or Phone No. 562-R. with all the resources and land nect