The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1921, Page 6

PEOPLE WANT TOKNOW ABOUT. CAL. RAINMAKER Hatfield: Working in State, Of- fers to Produce Cloudburst on Contract A. Cc. INVESTIGATING Quaker Man Claims to Have Pro- duced the Disastrous San Diego Flood Hatfield, the rainmaker, is creating unusual interest in the state. He is signing contracts to produce rain at a certain fee. He claims to have pro- duced the famous San Diego cloud- > burst that destroyed dams and rail-! roads and did thousands of dollars’) worth of damage besides. ‘A. ‘H. White of Bottineau wrote to Wr. KE. , ‘Ladd, president of the agricultural college, asking him to! secure information about Mr, Hat- field. Dr. Ladd wrote to Mr. Hodg- son, county agent for ‘Los Angeles county, California, and he in turn took the matter up with George P. Clem- ents, manager \of the agriculfiural, department of the Los Angeles cham- ber of commerce. Nothing Definite. Nothing very definite, however, could be obtained. Mr, Hatfield ap- pears to be absolutely sincere in his belief of the efficacy of his method .and to be wholly honest. In a num- ‘per of instances, .ur, Clements de- clares, he refused to accept money on contracts which he was legally entitled to, IMr, Clements’ letter follows “We have attempted to run down Mr, Charles Mallroy Hatfield for you and found jt much more of a task) than we anticipated, so you will have to pardon our delay. Hiss System. “Mr, Hatfield was born forty-two ago in Minnesota, near the city . Paul, and came to California about twenty years ugo. His theory is to create an artificial vortex or waterspout.- To do this he erects a number of towers, twenty to thirty feet high, around a body of water— the larger the better, Tanks of gal- ‘ yanized iron surmount these towers ies FS and contain a number of trays, also ace > 7 of, galvanized iron, which contain a SUPREME COURT | salt, presumably suly e of copper. | &- Seiccutios is 4 These a nected with the earth Poacy Mertunttaanty) by wires supposedly for radio activ- (Syllabus) ity, although it may be nothing’ more | Péter Landssidel, se eA ateld’ hee 4 Plaintif?-Respondent, i contracts. At New- TP Gee : ; filled many cone several places | R- Culeman, Fred Schwenfy . Peter through on, Hdaho and Utah,} Junge Derendar nt Hemet, le county and San} The | Was f a Diego breug foreily before the | Puty sheriff under a \ nt public, If you remember, he produced, by a justice of the peace, The war or cla rant purports to h heen issued ned to have produced, the thir- h we ty-six inches of rainfall wh shed out all the San Diego dams, railroaa bridges and devastated the alluvial) Jands and drowned most of the low- land owners in San Diego county some years ago. ‘This was doné under a verbal contract between Mr. Hatfield and the city council of San Diego. The city was compeiled to repudiate this contract or it would have been liable for every dollar's worth of damage done, No Rain—No Pay. “Mir, Hatfield’s contracts are all based on time periods; no rain, no pay, In a number of cases where under contract jt has rained prior to the erection of hig: apparatus, the number of inches according to his guarantee, he has not only refused to accept his contract money, but all credit. He places his credit in his apparatus. ‘He has had very enticing | propositions from India, Australia and South Ameri ‘but has refused to leave ‘California or the Pacific coast. We understand that ae has more than once offered the United — States weather bureau and the United States department of agriculture the oppor- tunity of testing out nis apparatus un- der his supervision, demanding only that he ‘be given credit for the find- ings, such ag they were, and offering, providing these findings were satis- factory, to give to the government his formula and instruct them in the modus operandi. 3 “Of the many neighbors and frieads of Mr. ‘Hatfield whom i have had the. pleasure of meeting, they are all of one opinion—that he is pertectly-sin- cere and honest in his contention and its ability to. perform his. claims. “Mr. DAUGHTER Was Restored to Health by Lydia E.Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Horicon, Wis.—‘‘ My young daughter had been troubled for several months 5 gj with backache and a bad feeling in her stomach. When she ‘ot to the table to eat she did not want anything, while be- fore she was so hun- ry she could hardly it for her dinner. ctors gave her cine but it did 1 was rei book of was left on my porch an FLIRTING WITH DEATH How the firemen. flirted witl great oil fire at Memphis, Tenn., stuck calmly to the job while fla ~eeeerr> eee Hatfield comes from an old Quaker family, is a Quaker ‘himself, and ap- parently would be the last man one would expect to be a faker. “One of the Times reporters has spent a good deal of time in trying to disprove that his claims®have ever made good, only to come to the con- clusion that either through accident or design, or possibly a good bet, they Very truly yours, . CLEMENTS, ral. Department.” of ofe Scli- the plaintil?: defendant (the ve of pursuant to a cor wenk, a creditor charging that the plaintiff herein), used a fraudulent and false device to cheat the com- plainant. ‘he plaintiff was taken he- fore the justice ofthe peace and was later remitted to the custody of the officer who locked ‘him in Jail, ia an action for damages for the arrest, it is held: (1) A justice of the peace, in the exercise of his judicial functions, is immune from personal liability for the correctness of his decisions and acts to the same extent as judges of courts of general jurisdiction. (2) A justice of the peace, acting judicially; and within his jurisdiction, is uot personally liable for damages resulting from the arrest and con- finement of an individual in jail though it might appear that he had acted maliciously and without a be- lief that the person had committed a criminal offense. + - (3) Where two or more defendants are sued jointly for damages, arising out of malicious trespass against the person of the plaintiff, and, from the evidence and the issuable | facts aa found by the jury in a special ver- dict. it appears that one of the de- fendants is not -liabley the award of punitive danlages cannot stand as to the co-defendants. Appeal from order denying new trial, district court, Morton county, Crawford, J. Reversed. Opinion of the court by Birdzell, e, J. concurs in result. Robinson, J. concurs specially. Jacobsen & Murray, Mott, attorneys for appellar o Sullivan & Sullivan, Mandan, attor- neys for respondents. Fr ‘Towner County. (Syllabus) Charles Aitenbrun and Minnir Alten- brun, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Vs First National Bank of Rock, Lake, a corp ion, Nels W. Hawkinson, and W. J. Lichty, Défendants-Respondents. 1. In considering whether a deed wag executed for purposes of a sale, or for purposes of § , and there- fore a mortgage, the essential thing in equity‘ds to determine the real intention of the lies, 2. In -ascel ing such intention equity will regard the substance rath- er tha the form and, presuming that all parties intended to act in {faith, will view all of the suground- ing circumstance Although this intention must be sed by ciear convincing and sai- evidence, in order to over- come the presuinption accorded to 2 solemn decd, absoute on its face, nev- minded me that when I w: irl I took several bottle finkham’s Vegetable Compot she went to the drug store and got a bottle and after the second one she coul eat and has not had backac all she took six bottles of it. to.school and. on Saturdays pele the housework. She is a normal, beaith girl now and we recommend your medi- cine. You have my permission to publish this letter as a testimonial for the Vege- table Compound.”—Mrs. Frank SEL- CHERT, 150 Larabee St., Horicon, Wis. Mothers all over the country have found Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to be a most reliable remedy for such conditions, Bae P ertheless, if such intention be so shown 1} consideration of the sub- stance i its foym fhen becc ute on tion cau Fand a crop leas grantor, it is hel \in the opiyion. th | made for purposes | therefore, in equity was a mort Action in district court, Towner county, Burr, J.. to declare a deed a mortgage. Plaintiffs have Appealed good ; ) death to putyyout, the recent is shown in this picture. They mes crept perilously near other Inge oil tanks and tank cars filled with inflammable oil. Oe meee Reversed. Opinion of the court by Robinson, Ch. J. Christianson, J. concurs. Bron- (William Lemke, Fargo, of counsel for appellant. Flynn, Tray Lake, attorne PLACES FUR 6! ynor & Traynor. Devils for respondents. OWING TREES Unusual Poor Corners. Steep Slopes and Soils Afford Good Oppor- tunities for Timber, Stecp slopes, poor soil, rocky land, al corners, ied and wooded these ‘ord oppédrtunity for ig timber” profitably. Certain kinds of ,trees, like the locust, build up peor soil through the nitrogen- gathering bacteria in the root nodulés, Small gullies can be stopped up by closely. packed brush and treetops. Large, open gullies are checked. only by planting over the entire gully basin. supplemented by low brush dams across the large units of the gully. BULKY FEEDS OF ADVANTAGE Serves to Assist Digestion and Pro. motes Health of Poultry—Variety ts Valuable, Bulky food is of great advantage to poultry, as it serves to assist, digestion: and promotes health, Variety in, the ration is also most valuable. If less grain is givenyand more bulky food, the hens will often, do. better and the feed bills will he reduced, USEFUL HOMEMADE LIMEKILN Where Necessary Materials Are’ Ob- tainable Farmer Can Prepare His Own Lime. When there is-a source from which the farmer can obtain limestone or oyster of clam shells he can prepare his own lime by grinding or. burning. Hf small amounts of lime are needed the burning of the material furnishes lime more cheaply than does grinding, says the United States De irtipent of Agriculture. Two rows mixed with lighter down to form a laye! layer of coal, then a} and after this alternate apd limestone. One part of coal should burn several parts of stone, When the pile fs laid up the whole is covered with a layer of earth and (he kindling ignited. As the burning continues the gas must be allowed to escape through a hole ut the top of the pile or the process will not be entirely satisfac- Oyster shells and clam. shells vy be burned in the same ww: The fire should he always under trol and precautions taken to allow the fitmes to penetrate the layers of stone or shell. are fut RB a of Hnestone, ors of cor! ICLALISM protests, the old two-story bri j whieh Rutherford By Hayes; nineteenth president of the United ; States was born, is to be razed to make way for a gasoline station. | COMME Hayes wa and demand a trial de- novo, i where -his picture. is.inset, son and Birdzell, JJ, concur spe- cially | Grimson & Snowrfield, Langilon cordwood | xt comes a s born in.the corner room on the right HOSE FIRED BY WATER FRICTION | Phenomenon Attends Tests Made ~ of New ‘Apparatus. NEW ONE. IN FIRE-FIGHTING | Rubber Tubing ‘Bursts Into Flame as Water Under High Pressure 6 Forced Through—Incident Arouses | Country-wide Interest and Boston | Commissioner te’ Receiving Requests Country. for information Erom all Parts of | | | —_— | So much public Interest has been | aroused bythe phenomenon developed hy tests of fre hose in Boston when flames broke through cottén- coating | | of the hose through which water. was | being forced at high pressure, that the | fire commissioner, John R. Murphy, | i has been receiving requests for infor- | i ; mation from all over the country, fgnition of @ tire hose while water: was being pumped through it though | no fire yas pear, Is something new | to those who consider the fire-fighting | business as a science. To determine \ the cause of this peculiar incident and | ascertain how to, avoid It, the Boston ; Gre department will undertake a ser- | tes of: tests, A can | Caused by Friction.. ( Prof. Augustus H, Gill of the Ms | chysetts Institute of Technolog: | the request of Commissioner. Murphy, ' examined the hese burned, and, with- | out making a@- chemical analysis, re- ported his belief that the hose was | ignited from excessive friction caused y vibration between two cotton Jack- ; ets. The hose was of the new standard two und one-half inch rubber-lined, donble cotton ‘jacket type, made ac-: cording 10 the specifications of the, Boston fire department, which con- form with those of the National Board of Underwriters, . A 750-gallon, pumping engine. was | be tested under the direction of | i engineers of the- National Board of Fire Underwriters and officials of the} _ Boston fire department. For four hours the engine had drawn water;from the Charles river basin when the order for the high pressure test was given. Two lines of hose were used, one from each side of the engine, and each : about 300 feet long. Morse gates were | placed between the first and second | length of each line and the gates were | choked. down to about one-third capac? ity, the gates on the engine outlets being similarly reduced. Hose Burs! ito Flame. About fifteen minutes after the en- gine was started with a\ pump preg-| sure of 250 pounds) smoke. came from | the hose about.a foot, from the coup-) ling at the engine:connection. Investl- , gation showed that the hose, was very ; hot and in a. moment flame | burst i through the outer covering. Within a minute the samé thing happened to the hose on the others side of the en- gine, pie ev es It was decided by: the ‘chiefs and | experts that the choking down of’the gates had resulted In a mendous amount of water being forced through | a small opening. The Water in passing ‘through the engine gate (ustead of fill- ing the hose at the coupling was forced in at an angle, striking one side of the! hose with a fine sharp polnt, with suffi. | clent force to generate. heat. This point of water, together with: the friction caused by the two cot-! ton. jackets rubbing against each oth- ‘elation in 1901. Thousands ity in the spring. Ser, apparently caused the flame. { The fire did not injure. the rubber: lining, which was not, even charred, | the flames working entirely in the cot- | ton mixture. This was scorched for | several inches, around the burned hole. | The conditions under which the en-/ gine was working when the hose ig-/ nited were declared to. he such #s would never occur while‘a fire was be- ing fought, and for that reason the j fir fighters have only a keen academic of uuniess it comes in coptact with flames |: or sparks. X-RAYS SHOW PLANE DEFECTS Reveal Faults Otherwise Undiscern. inte, : An up-to-the-winute application of X-rays is used in airplane construc-, | tion to ‘show up defective: materials, ings, which would otherwise es the observation of an. inspector, ac- cording to John S, Shearer of Cor- nell,.in speaking in. Philadelphia on “Recent Advances in the Production and Application of X-rays. DEFEATS SENTIMENT—Despite ck building at Delaware, O., in rest rather than Serious thoughts. their bose burning! during a fire | workmanship and weak ‘metal cast: | a ‘or for a chew, just place a harmless ~~~} To-Bac and if ‘it doesn’t release you 7 form, your druggist 1 SORGE McBRIDE ° Clark Griffith won't sit in the old bird house must this seagon. He's turned things over officially to George McBride, his veteran short- stop. ‘Let George do it! | (Foxy Griff assumed the duties of president of the Nationals last year but delayed naming - his guccessor. ‘He couldn't have chosen a man who'll. be respected more highly etound the American league lanes than George McBride. i George has.20 years of professional ‘baseball experience behind-him. He | is a Milwaukeean by. birfh—just 40 years ago. He broke in with his home- town club in the American Asgso- | \After several trips around Western League diamonds he landed with the} Washington club in 1908. .He was} never a great hitter but his fielding | at short was brilliant. ral Walter Johnson. is the only Nat. to) outrank him in veteranship. They've always been buddies. | George will take his ball club to Tampa. } ARR RRR ins of wood in airplane parts } are brought out remarkably,” he said, | “and jt is easily discernible where two | different woods have been joined to- | gether. a point of construction pro- | hibited in airplane work. Knots in the H wood are uso shown up. as isfactory gluing together of parts. | ectric heater coils are inspected | and the plates show the | manufacturer where the air has caused | ; the insulation of the coil to disinte- grate and where the wire eventually'| will break.” | Japan Acts to Curtail Stowaways, Following the discovery by the Jap: | anese consul at Seattle. Wash., of hid- | ing places constructed- by crews in the holds of vessels. the police of Yo- | kohama. Japan.. were ordered. strietly, to inspect out-bound vessels for stow: | aways. ‘celia | Mennonites’ Hegira Leave Canada fof! United States A (N. E, A. Staff Special.) Mobile, Ala, ‘Feb. 1.— Fifty thou- sand Menncnites from Canada will pitch their tents in Washington coun- They have pur- chased 250,000 acres here; also a simiter tract in Mississippi. The (Mennonites are pacifists, They teach English, German and French in their schools. ' ‘Some posts of the American Legion and other organizations have opposed the coming of the Mennonites. C. F. Hurburgh of Galesburg, I., acted as egent fcr the Mennonites in) the purchase of the land. thehegira from Canada to govern- mental interterenze wilh tue Mcano- nites. The cult. ig noted for its scientific i : | “No-To-Bac” has helped thousands } to break the costly, nerve-shattering tobacco habit. Whenever you have a longing for a cigarette, cigar, pipe, No-To-Lac tablet in your mouth in-| stead, to help relieve that awful de- sire. Shortly the habit may be com-; pletely broken, and you are better off mentally, physically, financially. It's so easy, so simple. * Get a box of No- from all craving for tevacco in any | vill refund your | without q' ‘ATTENTION Don't Sell Hides and Furs Under Prevailing Low Market. Let us tan them cither into fur sets, robes. FARMERS AND TRAPPERS |! ¢ unsat- | He lays|s coats or leather and use same to a good advantage instead of sacrifie- ing them at the present low prices. Send for FREE price list and tags. If you prefer selling we always pay the highest market price. THE BISMARCK HIDE & FUR CO. ¢ Bismarck, North Dakota MINNESOTA BATTERIES (Guaranteed 2 years) | ELECTRIC SERVICE & - ‘TIRE COMPANY downstairs, eS } gee 215 Main Street Me We advocate Marquis wheat because, ‘generally considered, this typé of wheat is most desirable on account of milling quality. It is superior to any other good bread wheat in yield. FTER a thousand years, England gets 35 bu&hels of wheat per jcre while our yield of spring wheat is [ about 15 bushels, This is because they give more attention to. both seed and soil. Our most intelligent farmers belong to arm Bureaus, Crop Improvement As- sociations and Farmers’ Elevators and they are urged to set the example by selecting a good. hard, ‘dark-colored bread whegt dnd-establish seed plots in each neighborhood. We ave not a macaronl-eating nation and the market for Amber Durum must be limited. Red Durum or D-5, however, is absolutely unfit for either bread making or macaroni, and while a comparatively. small. amount of it, not to exceed three per cent of the crop, brought a fair price last crop, it was solely because -it was of heayy. weight, and was used to mix with light weight wheat for export. re. aah 2. “e 2 Quality Marquis Brings a Premium Keep your varieties pure. Mixed wheat must be dis- \ counted, Millers are always eager to buy fine, heavy, dark-kerneled Marquis, and it can be sold at a good price. « Quality counts every time. There is not enough good wheat. It is Best to Put Your Wheat in Early The earlier the crop is put in, the earlier the harvest. The open fall has resulted in more fall plowing than ever before, inaking it possible to get into the fields at the very exrliest date. Black Stem Rust Our Greatest Problem Probably the greatest problem confronting us is rust, which has done incalculable damage for the past two years, The government claims that the elimination of the bar- berry bush ‘will prevent rust; that black spores will not infect wheat until ‘they have passed the cup cluster stage and thet there is no other plant which will carry this stage except the barhberry, From the barberry come the red spores whtvh attack the wheat and turn from red to black, Do you know the barberry when you see it? Dig it out root and shoot. Rotation Brings Much Better Results Wheat should not be sown on the same fields year after year. Wand should be sown to sweet clover.or some other legume which will put back into the soil certain of the various essential elements: needed. Wheat Soil Needs More Plant Food The’ skillful use of acid phosphates will stimulate the general vigor of the plant and will add greatly to the yield. 'There is very little fertilider used in the wheat fields, but we believe the time has come to restore every element removed by repeated cropping. Spring Wheat Crop Improvement Asscciation . S52 Security Building, Minneapolis, Minn. \ farming and large families. The aver-| And ‘Cornelius Rample, who is com- | age number of children in a family is| ing to Alabama, has 27 children, all twelve, ~ | living. Every Drop of Your Blood _ ‘Should Be Absolutely Pure ‘Any alight disorder or impurities |helpless, and many. other diseases is a source of as every vita] /are the direct result of impure blood. organ of the body depends upon the} "'y,,, can in a large measure avoid blood supply to properly perform|tiahility £9 disease by the use of ite functions, : 8. S. S., the wonderful blood rem- ae Many painful and dangerous dis-|edy that las been in constant uce for more than fifty years. S.S.8. , eases are the direct result of a bad sondition of the blood. Among the|cleanses the blood thoroughly. It most serious are Rheumatism, with | is seld by druggists everywhere. For valuable literature and met. its torturing pain; Eczema, Tetter, feal advice absolutely free, writ- Erysipelas and other disfiguring general debility,|today to Chief M 1 Adviser, men skin diseases; which ‘makes the strongest 159 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Gs. COLUMBIA-PHONOGRAPHS el COLUMBIA RECORDS ON EASY TERMS’ IF DESIRED COWAN’S DRUG STORE \ ISMARCK was founded“ at the meeting B point of five great Indian trails. Today it ‘has railway lines in seven different direc- tions, and it thrives accordingly. It is the logi- cal distributing center for a rich district of steadily increasing purchasing power. The First National, Bank has served Bismarck - wholesalers and jobbers for 40 years. Its facili- ties and its capital, surplus and undivided prof- its of over $300,000, make a connection here of peculiar value to the business inan. TT 4? Interest on Savings The Oldest and Largest Bank f -— inthis section of the State ; }