The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 3, 1919, Page 8

PUBLIC UTILITY BOOST DEORRED BY STATE BOARD Equalizers Advance Assessed Valuations Average of 300 Percent for 1919 While the state board of equaliza-| tion has trebled or quadrupled farm land values in every county in North Dakota, public service and utility com-! panies have not escaped altogether. | The Grand Forks street railway, last year assessed at $30,673, thi will pay taxes on $109,75 y City street railway, assessed last year at $15,840, has been equalized by the board at $50,000. The Northern States Power Co.’s street railway service at Fargo and Moorhead is valued at $110,- 000, as compared with $39,884 last year, while the Wahpeton and enridge line is boosted from $1,538 to $8,000. i {the Soo line t Pullman car lines operating in this Velvet Always Hits a 3 Bagger: Taste!!! HEN it’s easy to get to the home-plate, right where you snuggle down in an old coat and slip- Sight! state are assessed at $224,183, which is about threa times as much as they were valued at a year ago. The Amer- ican Rallway Express Co, is a s at $3,920,000 as compared with 692 in 1918, The Western Union 'Tele- graph Co, valued $1,193,407, as against § 2 last year; the Conti- nental ‘graph Co. at $51,466, as compared with $23,008 in 1918, “and egraph at $257,964 agalnst $4,072 in 1918, Telephone toll lines are assessed on their pole lines and brackets, as fol- lo Class A, 0 per mile; Class B, $160 per mile; farm lines, Class ©, D, $60; Class 1, ssed at $33 the $ ‘4 on lines mile on Copper iron wire, far copper and $18 on mow Ex: changes, magneto, are assessed $44 per ‘phone; common battery ‘phones, $72. GENERAL MOTORS CO. WILL BUILD HOTEL Flint, Mich., Sept. —-A seven story hotel and club, to ¢ approximately 00,000, construction of which will! tarted this year and which will be for the exclusive use of its employes, | is planned by the General Motors cor- poration for this city. Construction of this ‘building will help to solve the heusing shortage in lint and at the Smell f! pers to enjoy life, To begin with, Velvet Tobacco, in its jolly red tin, has a wholesome generous look to it. Nothing namby-pamby about it. A red-blooded tin full of red-blooded tobacco, for red-blooded folks. Open it up—and you get the fragrance that Nature stored in the tobacco during eight changing seasons, while it mellowed in great wooden hogs- heads. And say! King of Pipe-land. It's great! “| pany S/sons, a gymnasium, baths, swimming That good, grance of Kentucky’s wonder tobacco—Burley— No camouflage about it same time serve to help to keep the wen content and.prevent their being victimized by food and rooming house profiteers, in the opinion of the com-, officers. The building will cover an entire block, will be of fireproof construction ard will contain rooms for 1,168 men. There will be an auditorium with seating capacity ,of nearly 1,300 per- pool, dancing floor and other convini- ences, besides stores handling articles most likely to meet the needs of the buildings occupants, BUFFALO FIRE DEPARTMENT TO RETAIN MASKS| Buffalo, Sept. $.—Army gas masks will not be abandoned by the Buffalo: fire department, At the first fire in which they were used here firemen wearing them were overcome while others without masks were able to stand the smoke, It was reclared at that time that maskg were useless as fire department equipment. Fire Chief Murphy refused to accept this as a conclusive trial and since then, he says, the, masks have been used with signal success, “At the recent fire at the Cudahy packing plant where the smoke was. _ BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE yery dense, men wearing masks pene- trated to‘all parts of the building, re- mained ‘for long, periods’ and suffered no “th @ffeets,” Chief~Murphy said. “The pny mask. has.come to stay in the * Buffalo department.” M’LEAN COUNTY ‘FARMS SHIP IN WESTERN SHEEP Cheap Woolies From Montana Ranges to Be Grazed in Slope Country Washburn, Sept. 3—Everson Bros. figured that a flock of sheep would be a good investment, for most any| farmer in the vicinity of Washburn. Knowing that the most economical Way to buy would be in car load lots, en Everson, August Johnson and two gentlemen from Burleigh county made} a trip by automobile through Mon-| tana for the purpose of buying sheep. A twelve hundred mile trip was made and a carload -of two hundred and! fifty yearling ewes were bought which arrived at Washburn Aug, 20th. This is the first carload ‘of sheep known) tu have been shipped into Washburn. Everson Brothers are selling some of’ these sheep in small flocks at $16.25 per head. Since the sheep arrived they have been demonstrating their use- fulness by cleaning up weeds around town and turning them into mutton. natural fra- Later. on Everson Braothers plan te get about 500 ewes and start sheep ralsing on ‘their farm. It is. also pos- sible‘that about 1500 will be bought) to,,run in. the stubble. OVERSEAS . SERVICE OFFERED RECRUITS, SAYS ARMY CHIEF Duty in European Country Is Promised for Infantry and Signal Corps The army is:again’ accepting enlist- ments: for service in Europe, Lt. Col. TS. J. Rogers of the Aberdeen head- quarters of the recruiting service, who as in Bismarck yesterday, announc- Col. Rogers stated that enlistments ate only being accepted with the Awerican Expeditionary Forces in the infantry and signal. corps, Radio op- erators, and telephone men are espe- cially desired. The ‘term of. enlistment is one or three years. Men with previous mili- tary service can enlist for one year, all others being’ required to take the longer term. It is understood that re- cruits for this service: will join the army of occupation in Germany and also such.forces as this Vountry may lise to establish mandatories through- out. Europe and parts of Asia under the terms of the league of nations. Musicians for the 31st infantry, Which is stationed in’ Siberia, are ulso needed, Col. Rogers announced. Those accepted for European service will be sént to Camp Meade, ‘Md., and ‘those for Siberia are sent to Fort McDow- ell, “California, «While in this city, Col. Rogers dis- tributed 25 Victory buttons to former service ‘men residing in this vicinit; One of'the these®buttons was, of sil- ver, denoting jvounds received in the service in: action. INFANTRY WON THE WAR, SAYS » WEBB OF ARMY All Other Branches Contributed Their Share But Dough- boys Real Fighters There has been considerable discus- sion as to what particular branch of the service really won the war, some saying that without the aid of aero- Pack a pipeload. Light up and you'll get the fragrance of real tobacco—the incense to solid comfort. And a mild, pleasant taste, that only our Nature- ageing method can impart. You will never taste a finer cigarette than the one you roll with Velvet. Fifteen cents a tin—not a cent more, Batter up! iesontgpraiito ch wig) A friendly pipefal make even the umpire seem al- most human. planes America would have. ‘been de- feated, while others held that the particular branch they were in was the real cause of the armistice. Private John L.. Webb of the army recruiting office at Bismarck has fin- ally settled the question and. offers the following,ag the proper solution: Who Whipped the Hun? The artillery—Pulverized ’em. The tanks—Paralyzed ’em, The engineers—Mapped ‘em. The signal, corps—Tapped, ‘em. The military police—Herded ’em. The cavalry—Guarded ’em . The navy—Annihilated .’em. The medical corps—lodined ’em. hoe marines—Blow ye winds, yo 0. The machine guns—Shattered ’em. The air service—Spattered ’em. The gas service—Smothered ’em. The general staff—Bothered ’em. The newspapers—Slammed ’em. The public—Dammned ’em. The infantry—Oh, the infantry just won battles and advanced, won more battles and, advanced, again, so that the others could function in the rear, andthe infantry wears 2,942 out of ‘8,867. °-Distinguished Service s issued. HELLTOWN LIVING UP 10: HONORABLE NAME «Helltown, © Mich.’ Sept. 3.—Hell- town’ is on a rampage again. Years ago, when this district was wet and “wide open” and populated chiefly ‘by lumberjacks, Helltown got its name. Efforts have been+made to-re-christen the village. They failed, The latest wave Of trouble began a few weeks ago. It has been charged that ‘bootleggers and. moonshiners Havebeen’ actively disposing of their wares. A number of convictions for drunkenness’ jhave’ resulted. A committee of. citizens appealed through their supervisor to the coun- ty. sheriff to station a deputy here. One is. on the job at present. . MICE IN 9 SHADES Cleveland—More than 200 mice of nine ‘different’ colors, ‘including Jap- anese waltzing mice, besides 500 guinea pigs and 1500 (rabbits are entered for the exhibit of the National Breeders’ EXCLUSIVELY BIG FEATURES RUST PROOF WHEA' Jamestown, N. D., Sept. 8—An im- portant experiment in the raising of rust proof wheat, results of which promise to be of immense benefit to the state, has been conducted on a large scale and in a practical manner this season by Judge Coffey at his Courtenay farms. For the last five years Judge Coffey has experimented in various ways with the rust proof variety of wheat, and in connection with advice and experiments from the agriculture college at Fargo, the work has been brought to its present stage ot information. About five years ago Judge Coffey began seeding this variety of wheat which is known as Red = Durum or D 5, in government grades, He has now 750 acres in this variety of Wheat, all of which has been har- yested and the threshing of which is; expected to be completed in a few! lays, The yield promises to be from 35 to 20 bushels to the acre. Some f the seed was secured from the i ge farms and some} raised on the Courtenay fayms, The kernel is a little smaller’ than durum, the stalk is tougher and somewhat smaller, the heads are well bearded. A number . of other farmers haye raised this red durum iety this year, and in every in- stance its yield. promises to be very much greater than the other yarieties| of durum, while marquia and the fife have utterly failed to stand the rust attacks. In fields along side of the rust resistant wheat, the mar- guis will not be cut as it, is not worth ting or threshing. Some of this red durum was seeded as late as the 28th of May and withstood the equally as well as that seeded er, s a flour wheat, millers have} made scrious objections to its use for various reasons known to the mill- ing companies and there is a dis- crimination in the price. The latest gard price is 7 cents for this variety of durum less than standard durum. ‘This difference is declared to be considerably exaggerated ~ according to Dr. Ladd, who has made milling tests of ‘this wheat at the state ex- perimental mill on the agricultural grounds at Fargo. These tests show that while there are some qualities in this variety that do not make the present standard of flour, equally with the other kinds of durum, that it still makes good flour, and that the discrimination is not intrinsical- Jyas great as at present fixed by fhe governmental grades, Dr. Ladd has urged that the grades on this quence has badly slumped. than fifty thousand already suffer. sumption.” rests with you. Conditions and Fanciers’ Association; “which ‘is Folding its convention here. ©” Available mine labor has been reduced b $10.00 per Seat ISMARC THEATRE T BY JUDGE COFFEY wheat \pe revised to conform more nearly with the actual milling value of the wheat, and, considering the fact that this ‘year’s disaster from rust has imperilled the future wheat crop of the state, and rendered ‘wheat growing of the old varieties a losing and uncertain proposition, the aceptance of the new kind of wheat will have to be made, as it is better than no wheat at all. It is believed further cultivation of this variety of wheat will improve it for milling purposes and at the same time will retain its rust resist- ant qualites. Within the short time in which experiments have been made in this wheat a change or im- provement has been noticed by Pro- fessor Bolley,,of Fargo, who has _ta- ken much interest in the develop ment of this seed: On the Coffey farm a ten-acre piece of marquis GOR DAY, SEPT. 3, 1919 Last Time Tonight “DADDY LONG LEGS” TOMORROW ..... WALLACE REID COMING —— Engagement Commencing Monday —— COMING Women Sold= 85¢ A vivid, stupendous, and truthful visualization of “RAVISHED ARMENIA” is depicted in “The Auction of Souls” Adults paid in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago B INTERESTING EXPERIMENT MADE WITH WORLD FAMOUS STARS was seeded on the same day as land © seeded with the Red Rurum. The marquis wheat will be mowed for hay, while the other variety prom- ises to yield 18 to 20 bushels per acre, In 1916 Judge Coffey raised a crop of this Red Durum which was some- what unsatisfactory, but he believes vow it was not due to rust, but a peculiar hot season in which the ground was extremely hot and moist, and the roots were cooked, instead ot the stem destroyed by rust. The present year has proved a fine test for the success of the Red Durum over tht other durum varieties from the standpoint of resisting rust. Dr. Ladd is quoted as saying that the discrimination now made. against the variety should be reduced and be- lieves that it should not be more than 4 cents a bushel less than durum. An ‘automobile authority states hat gas cars will be replaced by .steam cars Within 25 years, DON Style means the pre- vailing fashion. In hats it means Gm. Grd fall styles include many attractive novel- ties with a featuring of stiff hats. Soft hats in blue, green, brown and pearl shades are favorites. What's your color? HA A Warning! have arranged to leave. Motive power and cars are waiting for coal transportation now. t great crops of grains and other products will congest the railroads and glut the terminals, It follows that coal transportation facilities will be sharply reduced and coal deliveries will urge you to act. BISMARCK, N. D. tS Coal-Buyers y= LOOK! COAL PRODUCTION Dangerously Below Safety Line—BUY YOUR COAL NOW ._ , Coal consumers have failed to buy for use during the coming Fall and Winter. Thus it has proved impossible to keep coal moving from the mines, and production is conse- y the departure of miners to Europe. More Soon the nation’s The United States Geological Survey warns you as follows: : “The best time in the year for laying in stocks of coal for next Winter is rapidly passing, with no evidence of general buying for this purpose. The rate of production has not varied greatly since the middle of May, and averaging about 80 per cent below last year, is apparently just sufficient to meet current con- How can production be increased? How can the requirements of the country be met? By Buying Your Coal NOW There is no other way. No other action can avert the impending shortage. Relief Washburn Coal Company