The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1921, Page 8

-, Johnson's Popular Price Store | MOVES LIVELY ‘OLD AND NEW DANCES This Store Has Brought the Low Prices to Bismarck. ALWAYS BUSY i | i A darky far from his Alabama home jrolled off a train in Bismarck last; | night. He saw a sign of the Elks Minstrelue Johnson’s for Hosiery ‘no songs way coloyed folks can,” he ELKS MINSTREL He exuded a radiant appreciation of | the clever stepping. and the melodious “WONDER SHOW” ‘only municipal theater in North Da- Gets Spirit After} ; night the ticket was good for. “Huh, dese white folks cain’t sing \ shows, ‘and: cast them tipon the performer. song, and grew strangely quiet, i “Me, I’se goin’ back to Alabamy,” he murmured, and‘then: , “Cap'n kin I git seat in de big teni.” The informing Elk explained that the show wasn’t in a tent but in the “Say do you know Bismarck has the kota.” “Yes, suh, no sub, what I. wants to know kin I git in de show.” He was. informed the seat sale waa large for both Friday ‘and Saturday nights, but that He could assuredly get a seat in the show. He was warn-; ed that the serial number on the tic- kets for Friday night is 48 and for} Saturday night is 19, and declared if} all holders of tickets remembered this there would:be no confusion gs to thes “Everybody's » going to the big I guess, remarked the Elk. Getting tickets reserved from people for miles round.” | “Must be, so, Boss, must be s0. Worth comin’ from ~Alabamy to see,” was the darky’s parting remark. WORKMEN LODGE HAS BIG TASK | J. K. Blunt, “Joy Dispens “Must come fram Alabamy,” darky insisted. sas ue . He went down the line. He gazetl at the resplendent’ costumes, beauti- ful scenery and heard an orchestra ot! ten pieces playing old and new min- strelsy songs and the latest hits. His feet began to move but he kept his! critical eyes, now wide open,. glued on the busy director, Clint Draper, and the cast going through the night- ly rehearsal. He heard an old-time minstrel song and theri an up-to-date Jazz piece. ‘ward the Elks, hall from special purchase of ‘’em twice, Hot dog! Regular Alabamy day ONLY at | floated songs of plantation days andj latest style Spring |; | songs.” i 25 . organdie, dotted | begged admission. After a few min- Coats, 200 in this lot, |; The first joy. dispenser he saw was! each. The coats are || swiss, gingham and | lated. MR. JOHNSON, now jones ae drawn like a magnet to-! ; utes he was beaming. | “Sho ‘nough: minstrels. I’se goin’ to} Dr. J. K. Blunt, The verdict was aj which go on special | hundred per cen and then some.” valued up to $39.50. Please see window dis- voile new summer dresses at only $12.50 in Chicago, made a 76: ann |park my side-door Pullman and see! sale Friday and Satur- play. All sizes. each. ; time soup goods, like de Jazz too.” | He gazed about the room and count- ed 86 meinbers of the cast—the big- | Order of United Workmen, has a big; | Bismarck, May 18, 19 and 20, when| “Like de jazz” he muttered, “Old| { FOR GATHERING To Entertain Delegates From! gataguecrggrenen ‘Welcome to Conventions — Tell it in your “ads” by “‘setting it in a box” for each convention. 5 Architects'(Date Undecided.) A. O: U. W., May 18th and 19th. 1.0.0. F., May 31st to June 2nd. : State Postmasters, June 15th and 16th. Bismarck Commercial Club Many States Here During t May i Bismarck Lodge: No. 120, Ancient MANDAN FORMS “ ORGANIZATION Job on its hands in preparing for the| convention of. the order to be held at, delegates from several states will be present. Bismarck Lodge, No. 120. was insti- tuted on April 3,,1894, by Deputy Grand Master Workman A. B. Herrick! with 27 charter members, and the fol- lowing were «the first officers and members:* - Officers. Archibald Durrie (Presbyterian pas- tor), Past Master Workman. ‘William 0. DePuy (insurance), Mas- ter Workman. The officers are: ‘H. Conolly. * Vice-president—H. J. Tavis. Lean... Treasurer—Wm. J, Gill. Golden addressed a large audience. Pics a Bemson (U. 8. Wather GEN. WOOD IN. Ue W. Dudley (Mer. Western PHILIPPINES Jerty A, Barnes (lumberman), Re- corder. Wood and his party arrived at Manila. TO AID IRISH} A branch of the American Associa- ‘tion for the ‘Recognition’ of Ireland was formed at Mandan last night fol- lowing .the speech of Peter Golden. Corresponding Secretary—Agnes Mc- Geveral joined the organization. i Washington, May 5.—Major-General Only about 20 wool ve- lour, velvet and silk dresses values up to $89.50, each at your choice only $6.79 Must close these out to make room for, sum- mer goods arriving daily. © : Our half-price millin- ery sale will be contin- ued Friday and Satur- |! day. All sales strictly cash. No approvals or refunds. | One lot of muslin un- derwear at one-half |, regular price. One lot corsets slight- ly: soiled, values up to $12.50 at $3.00 each Special purchase cor- sets enables us to sell one lot of $3.98 corsets "$1.98 ; McDonald the violin in the Elks’ or- gest cast, by the way that has given an Elks’ minstrel in Bismatck, and the cast. had" shouldered the biggest Program ever attempted. Pretty soon, Capt, Belk, flowing whiskers, smiling countenance and a funny little quirk in his voice.as he sang an old-time song. .The cast stared as the darky forgot he wasn’t at a regular perform- ance and started to applaud. “Ol' cap’n must -learn ‘dat down on levee,” he remarkec. | \ \ } | | Capt. John Belk, The darky heard solos, trios, quar-/ tettes, chorus numbers, jokes from| end men the stern voice of the inte?-| locutor, say comedy skits and vaude- ville acts. One moment the scene car-! ried him back to the cotton fields and| the next moment he saw himself in aj gay vaudeville with’ an orchestra booming. One feature after, another was shown to the bewildered onlook- er. A member of the cast, idle for the moment while other members were busy, stepped up to him. He say the| wonder that filled the on-looker's eyes and the hungry look for infor- Jnation. He told him the whole pro- gram: Big parade tomorrow noon and Sat- | urday noon through downtown streets with Elks band leading and entire minstrel cast jn costume. Big performances Friday night and Saturday night at Auditorium, start- ing at 8:15 P. M. Big orchestra of ten pieces at the Performance.’ Arthur Bauer broke up his Orpheum orchestra to permit Mrs, Bauer to take the piano and Donald chestra. All sizes Shipment of Phoenix Hosiery just received. || Don’t Fail to Attend the Elk’s Minstrels, ' May6and.7 ! Tom Hall, Golden-Throated Singer. | Just then the golden-throated nim- ble comedian, Tom Hall, began his| penalty for members. who sell to a) Oscar V. Berry (watchmaker), fi- nancler, 4 , George W. Needham (lumberman), treasurer. ‘ James Murphy (department insur- afice commissioner), guide. Mark L, Williams (department land commissioner), inside watch. Fred A. Roberts (carpenter), ont- side watch. y John’ W. Lucas. (druggist), trustee (one, year). James H. Herbert (express messen- ger), trustee. (two years). Harry T. Detcher (telegraph oper- ator), trustee (three years). Francis R. Smyth (physician), med- ical examiner. - . Members. Henry W, Glitschka. drugelst. William P. Mom, editor (now Lieut. Col. U.. 8. A:). Preston, deputy state audi- tor, Kemper Peabody, state examiner. Even E. Semling, clothing merchant, Finley Gisnt.. editor. William N. Williams, Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor. Warren M. Scott, clerk, Department Lof Agriculture. Edward H. Thompson, U.S. Weather Bureau. W. H. B, Eisenbuth, deputy. super- intendent Public Instruction. “Asa T. Patterson, lawyer. The following members signed the charter list‘and became members very soon after the instifytion: Edwin A Ward, H. S. Wood. (Steele, N. D.), Wil Ham E. Patterson, M. J, McKenzie. observer, of “Army of Fun,”| Lester C. Green, Matt 0. Glimberg, 1 | H. Treacy, James D. Wakeman, Wm T. Perkins. . The first death was that of William W. Ames, op February 11, 1904. There have been 23 deaths in all and the amoynt of|insiirance pald was $41,- There’ are now &bout 30 members in Bismarck lodge, and it is the fifth largest lodge in_the jurisdiction of North Dakota, Montana, Idaho and California, The average age of its members on January Ist, 1921, was 33.83 years, and insurance.in force to.the amount of $570,500. Bismarck Lodge No. 120 has contributed to the Grand Lodge, $83,595.25. The Grand Lodge now has investments in Bur- leigh county amounting. to~$27,000. The following have been members for 20 years or. more: Wm. E. Breea, Sidney Cohen, Frank G. Grambs, Axes ‘E.. Johnson, Amil P. Lenhart, Alex ‘Macdonald (Glencoe), Bradley C, Marks, J. H. Newton (Manday), H. W. Richholt, F. J. Rupert, Charles Scheb- ler, W. A. Staley, J. B. Taylor, Arthur Van Horn, Chag. G. Wachter, John F, Youngman, Dugald Campbell, Willian Cook, T. J. Haugeberg (Washburn), Max Kupitz, John Maassen, Sr., John R. Many (Waghburn), Dan C. Mc- Lean, P. C. Remington, George Robi- dou, Thos. W. Sanders, Thomas Shee- | han, James Stewart, Frank E.- Titus, 'E, H. L. Vesperman, A. T. Welch (Menoken), Alfred Zuger. A MAIL AVIATOR BURNS TO DEATH Rock Springs, Wyo., May 5.—Walter M. ‘Bunting, a mail service pilot, was burned to death early today when his airplane overturned and crashed to the! ground while he was taking off for a | flight to Cheyenne with mail. FORBID SALE TO A NEGRO. Chicago. May 5.—The immediate ex- pulsion from the Chicago real estate board was voted unanimously as the jig and dance and the eager. darky, negro: property ina block where’ there ‘took his eyes from the informing Elks' are only. white owners. RESCUES MAN fa Jersey City, ‘May 5.—Miss ‘Mary Lauder, polices woman; rescued a ne- gro fropt me att @ the negro had . beaten fier erely; when she ‘tried to ar hi HORE of all classes lars of insurance fis Dakota during were ‘written in Nott! the last year, accorf@ing to the com- Dilations just issued by the state in- surance. commissioner. * The business uf 1920 in most classes | ghowed an increase over the previous year. Stock fire insurance companies focreased the amount of their risks * Life. insurance companies, on Dec. | 31, 1920, had in force $222,363;37333 insurance in North Dakota. ‘Fraternal life insurance companies had in force $101,894,326.08. Our old chef, meals now— Mashed Potatoes Roast Prime Ribs au Jus...... Special Sirloin Steak with Frencl Cold Beef with Sliced Tomato Ham and Eggs, Country Sty! Minced Ham Omelette Cheese Omelette . Sliced Cucumbers Green Onions 1 Stewed Tomatoes 15 Sliced Orange 15 Home Made Pie or Cake 10¢ i i “WHO BEAT HER ‘Boiled Ham with Cabbage i; Breaded Pork Tenderloin with Tomato Sauce Roast Loin of Pork with Dressing Baked Spare ~ Pork and Beans Choice of one order 45 Cents Extra Cut of Beef with Green Peas. To Head Lettuce 25c ee stewed con 15e Asparagus Tips on Toast Sliced Bananas with Cream 25c Strawberries with Cream 35c RE THAN HALF BILLION DOLLARS INSURANCE WRITTEN I N. AKOTA More than ‘five’ handred million! dol-) from $238,657,613:52 for the previous year to $374,565,721.96 in 1920. Hall! insurance companies wrote $20,000,000! worth of business as compared to ap-' proximately $12,700,000 of the previ- Life insurance companies: showed increases all along the line.) Totals of ‘business written for 1920,) as compiled by the‘insurance commis-| cus: year. sioner, follow: Risks Written . Prms.'Recvd’ Stock Fire .. $374,575,721.96 — $6,150,474.69 Foreign Fire 17,255 849.00 1,009,526,16 | Domestic Mutuals 15,198 299.00 371,06 State Mutuals. (othe + 19,040,324.88 370,350.12 Hajl Insurance Companies... 20,542,251.17 1,961,209.91 Life Companies (except frat.) 63,208,783,00 6,738,084.69 Fraternal Life ............06+ 17,147.240.00 1,617,045.99 Miscellaneous (including in- |) ‘demnity, health) ........ wee 1,073,173.49 eee APRONS GOOD \ The vogue for the apron gown re-| You'll find. them, 80; the smart shops say, on ‘even. the: frocks which come’ out for fall. mains with us. Mr. D. Bougas is now in charge of our kitchen, epd is preparing those delicious meals, and you can get our regular 45 Cents | VanHom Cafe | Andrew Bougas, Prop. > SPECIAL LUNCHEON AND DINNER SERVED FROM 11:30—8:00 P. M. _ ' Including. soup, bread and butter, meat ‘order, vegetable, dessert and coffee,-tea or milk. Fried Halibut Steak with Lemon Butter Cream of Asparagus Soup ‘ Canned Salmon with Stuffed Pork Chops Stewed Half Grapefruit 20c Coffee Tea or Milk 5c 2 he Ras Bismarck Auditorium Friday and Saturday, May 6-7 _ ELKS’ BIG MINSTRELS ANNETTE ’ 80—CLEVER ENTERTAINERS—80 _ New Songs, Jokes, Acts, Dances. Special Scenery. Gorgeous Costumes _ SEAT SALE NOW ON PRICES: Lower Floor and Balcony $1.65. Gallery 55¢c tax included Potato. Salad Ribs with Sweet Potatoes Rice Pudding toes 25c Rad Queen Olives 20c Stewed Prunes lic Wax Beans 15¢ : Strawberry Shore Cake 35c - Prunes 15¢ es 15¢ AT HARRIS & CO. Do YouKnow H. H. ENGEN ' : 214 Broadway 5 Phone 748 Losses Paid | Has in stock at all times the largest and most complete $3,822, 106.51 \ line of Wall Paper, Paints, Varnishes and Brushes. 123,547..9 | | 178,833.4 1,223,521.48 1,173,601.03. 739,164.61, 379,633.12 DO YOU KNOW We do inbapior and exterior Painting and Decorating. i} And All Work Guaranteed. ~ Goon Vawes In _ USED CARS we aim to make you a a : permanent business friend. With a policy which thus looks to the future, you may be sure that we are not going to let you pur- ase # used:car that will be..anything otner than tery good value. a M. B. GILMAN CO. '212 Main St. ry Phone 808 Sad In selling you a used car, :