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“{PAGBSIX CANCER FATAL TO LOCAL MAN Henry Backnell of 411 Thirteenth street south, passed away at a local hospital from a lingering illness of can* cer of the lungs. forty years ofd and was employed at the ‘creamery. He leaves to mourn his loss a widow, three sisters and four children. ‘The funeral services will be held from Webb Brothers chapel tomorrow afternoon at MOORE FAINTS IN FARGO GAME Fargo, June’ 27.—Fargo defeated; Minot, 9 to 1 Sunday making it two} Minot, with) out of three games. Shirley pitching, won over Fargo Saturday. In the Sunday game Board- man, Fargo, and Hightower, Minot, were the opposing pitchers. Moore, ‘Minot catcher, fainted in the first in- ning because of the intense heat and Giffin caught the game. MANDAN VICTOR IN TWO GAMES Mandan defeated New Salem 15 to 0 Saturday and Jamestown 20 to 2! Sunday. _FARGO VICTOR IN TENNIS PLAY) Fargo, June 27.—The Fargo and Moorhead tennis club took first place in the invitation tennis tournament | here Saturday and Sunday with Grand Forks second, and Crookston, Minn.. third. SUGAR TAKES ANOTHER DROP New York, June 27—The Federai |! Sugar Refining company announced another reduction of 10 points in re- | fined sugar to the basis of 5.30 a pound for fine granulated, the lowest | level recorded in five years. STEEL PLANT CLOSES DOWN Duluth, June 27.—The Minnesota | Steel Company operators of the only steel products plant at the head of the lakes announced today that their plant at Gary, a suburb at Duluth “would be closed tomorrow. Only 200 of the 1,700 men now employed at the | plant will be thrown out of work en- tirely as the construction program re*| cently initiated by ‘the firm will pro: | vide for work for 1,500 employes. WOMEN) ARE CITY “DADS”! By Newspaper’ ’ Enterprise. Thayer, Kan., June 27,—The seven women “city “dads” of Thayer are Proving that they, know how to run a town. Some townsmen feare! tuat with an administration’ of womer_ munici- pal efficiency might suffer. But indi- cations are that Thayer is to be more efficient than ever with the women at the helm. For as Mrs. A. H. Forest, widow-mayor, says: “We have no business to hurt and no campaign pledges to fulfill so we can go about our work unhampered in any way. We are not going to spend our time trying to lengthen women’s skirts, take the paint off their faces or j2zz out of youth—we are going to clean ope ugly places and wuke Thayer a beautiful place to ve in, the Tackles Ice One evidence that Thayer women will benefit by the change in admin- istration is the fact that.one of Mrs. Forest's first jobs was to begin an ice investigation. The ice problem is a big one for Thayer housewives, There is no ice house in the town. Last year it was hauled from Cha: | hute at $1.50 a hundred. She prom: | ises relief, The women’s administration went Who are the City Cleaners and Dyers ‘Seeopening . announcement soon. Cars Washed ROHRER’'S =| 119—5 St. | Open ~ Sunday Forenoons |) .. Louis White Mi. Backnell was; wo; o'clock, Rev. Hoppel will officiate. In- | terment will be at Fairview cemetery. | i 1012 Broadway. TAXI GARAGE | FOR SALE—Four ‘cylinder Cadilles, | in good mechanical condition; re- Miss “Houdini” : \ i | | stunts. One of them is to release | herself from heavy chains under wa- | ter. en eens into office as a surprise—to the wo- men concerned. Men of the town hatched the con- spiracy and put it through. “We're tired of this man-made mud- dle,” said they. “Let's give the wo- men a chance.” Are Church Workers much as a by-your-leave, Mrs. For- est was elected mayor,: Mrs. Hattie ; Brewster, another widow, was elected Police judge, and these women were named council members: Mrs. Ina Craig, Mrs. Eunice Rash, Miss Alice Lambertson, Mrs. Iva Cross, and Mra. Daisy.Savage. All are.church workers. ers. $4 “Dad’ Bogel, city .marshall,, won’t be replaced by a woman. For one of the marshall’s jobs is to meet the ly and, escort safely): home: any wo- man or girl.who returns alone on -it, 3,000 ATTEND BIG SHOW HELD AT HAZELTON Three thousand people attended the Emmons county stock show at Hazéi- ton the twenty-third, D. J. Griswold, of the ‘Agricultural College: proved ‘to | be an experienced judge and gave very god satisfaction to breeders and spec- tators alike. .When occasionally ob- jections were raised, Mr. Griswold gave his reasons for placings in such Plain unmistakable terms that all were satisfied he knew his business. The Grand Champion horse was awarded Kurtz Bros. Corwine & Sons had the Grand: Champion Bull; the Grand Champion Sow and Bull was owned by Bert Van Beek of Westfield. D. Crimmins & Son held a sale in the evening of their Big Type Poland China hogs. be Maher of Brookings, S. D., cried the sale. ‘A 50-piece band (Linton & Hazelton bands joined for the occasion), furnished music. Lin- ton vs. Hazelton ball game ended 1n Lintons favor, 8 to 7. Big bowery dance in the evening. DAUGHTER OF MERCER COUNTY AUDITOR DIES) ‘Frida Leupp, the “the Syearold daugh- ter of Paul ‘Leupp, of Stanton, coun- ty auditor of Mercer county, passed away at a local hospital following a short illness. The remains were ship- ped ‘to Stanton today where burial will take place. MRS. NORA J. COCHRAN formerly of the Dunraven, Third Street, having recently moved into her new home “The Mo- hawk,” 401 Fifth Street, will be- gin serving meals, home cook- ing, beginning Wednesday, June 29. Those desiring board or board and room may communi- | cate with Mrs. Cochran by call- ing telephone Number 145. Remember the Ice Cream. so- cial on the Presbyterian Church Lawn on Thursday evening. WANTED—Experienced maid for gen- eral housework. Mrs. C. W. Me- Gray. Phone 746. Call 613 3rd ‘Bt. 6-26-tf FOR RENT by July 1, a furnished front bedroom in modern house. -418 ith St. Phone 844-J. . 6-25-1t OADHLLAC Touring Car- For Sale— ‘Cheap if taken at once. 719 9th 8t. 6-27-3t FOR RENT—Rooms and modern fur- nished light house keeping rooms. Phone 499-5. H2T-LW cently overhauled. Would make ood truck. 1017 7th St. Phone 71-W. 6-27-3t | FOR ‘RENT—Modern furnished house for three months. Phone 667-J. 6-27-3t LOST—1921 B. H. S. class pin. In- itials L. L. H., Phone 945, 6-27-3t Alma Mann, 11-year-old star swim- | mer, is going to New York from the Panama Canal Zone to exhibit her And as a result, without even s0 | 3 a. m. train from Kansas City night- |. | THE ELDER, BY JAMES W. DEAN New York, June 27—"The Three ‘Musketeehs” is the bid of Douglas TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY | Fairbanks for a pedestal in the Hall of Fame. Its success or failure will decide whether he is to go down in history as the greatest comedy drama star of the age. In making the screen version of Dumas’ masterpiece Fairbanks is realizing the ambition of many years. His studio reports that the reproduc. tion has cost $1,000,000. Edward Knoblock’ spent months. in Preparing the scenario. Art experts were hired to design sets that would represent as closely as possible the scenes of the original story. | (Members of the cast are instruct- ed in fencing for weeks. There are 16 duels in the picture. : It is claimed that $100,000 was spent for costumes. alone and half that sum for exterior sets. The pay- Toll is $50,000 a week. More women appear in “The Three Musketeers” than in any previous film of \Fairbanks. Mary MacLaren All Present Models Will Be Continued “THREE MUSKETEERS” IS FAIRBANKS’ BID FOR FUTURE FAME THE BISMARCK TRIBUNB $ Now 216 Main Street i t | Sedan, Distributors | He faced poverty at 4 years when his father died. - ‘He struggled in (Paris for years and wrote many romances before he was recognized as the most popular dra- matist of his time. “Monte Cristo” was written when he was 42, “The Three Musketeers” shortly after. Many a plag! | day lifts plots for plays and pictures from Dumas’ works. Despite his success Dumas was de- pendent on his son at the time of his death, 1870. ‘The son, Alexander ‘Dumas, ganied ; recognition as a peer of his father in the world of letters. His was recently produced by,,> ee ‘amilie” zimova, LET GEORGE TELL IT Every week or two George Bernard DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS AS D'A RTAGNAN. AND MARGUERITE DE LA MOTTE AS CONSTANCE NI “ THE THREE MUSKETEERS,” THE SCREEN VERSION Neat THE MAST ERPIECE BY ALEXANDER DUMAS, i} i { | { as Queen Ann of Austria, Barbara | LaMarr as Milady and Marguerite de la ‘Motte as Constance divide the feminine ‘honors, »There will be 116 in the cast,exclusive of extras, A New York theater has already been engaged for'an extended run of the picture at $2.50 a seat. So much for the preparation for | the piceure. Whether it gains Doug a place in the Hall of. Fame depends largely on the manner in which the story has been handled. Knoblock has written into the story | ed in the offer. ; Shaw is beset by an American pro- | ducer who would like to put one of his stories or plays on the screen. -They only offer George a paltry ‘ fifty. thousand or so—and he alwaya | refuses their offer. The most recent offer was to put | books in their entirety into celluloid. action. Shaw's reply was that “the American people were to be soaked with Shaw for their educational de- | lectation.” i Nevertheless, George was interest- By some method of j calculation he figured that the movies ; would have to. show one of his short- ;er works for three years before it ‘ would be completed. It will be interesting to gee. what : will happen to Shaw’s writings after he has passed on. Some comedy producer will prob- ; ably star Snub Pollard or Larry Se- National Tractor Farming of Dumas a certain amount of comedy relief for ‘Fairbanks. If this comedy is il- -proportioned to the story of Dumas, making the film simply a vehicle for the expres- sion of the star's agility ‘and’ virility, the name of Douglas Fairbanks will hot grace the Hall of) ame. ? OUMAS THE ELDER “The Three Musketeers’ ranks with “Monte Cristo” as the best of many plots from the pen of Alexander Du- mas, the elder. ‘He was born in France in 1802. Oxen $200.00. Sleeve Valve Motor Improves With Use Phone 234 __ Bismarck, N. D. MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1921 Z. —) s a N = © O a. — a : Men never turn away from the Knight type motor! Its record is as marvel- ous in the war tanks and huge omnibuses of London and New York, as it is in the Panhard of France, the Daimler of England, the Mincroe, and the Mercedes, among the world’s highest priced cars. It remained for Willys- Knight in America to solve the problem of quantity with Knight precision. Now. Willys-Knight outsells them all—and holds all it sells. No va/ves to grind. ‘Lifetime service. Exceptional economy! Now #300 reduced, Touring, f. 0. b. Toledo, was, $2195; now, $1895 bouke: f. 0. b. Toledo, was, $2845; now, $2550- ~ Roadster. f. 0..b. Toledo, was, 2195; now, 1895 ‘ f. 0. b. Toledo, was, 2945; now, 2750 Lahr Motor Sales Co. - Ash About Extremely Easy Payments \ mon in “Androcles and the Lion” in} rope, She may make a picture at two reels. see POTPOURRI A LA FILM Naomi Childers and Luther Reed married. eo 8 Total investments in movies in America today & $1,850,000,000, George Larkin is to be starred with Josephine ‘Hill in “The Vengeance Trail.” see Dustin Farnum hereafter will be featured by Fox, who also features hia brother Bill, . tact Raymond Hiteheoek will make a screén version of his stage comedy, “The Beauty Shop.” iy Rex Ingram receives degree of B. FA. from Yale for his direction of “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” ‘ jumps Marion Davies and says not one bit afraid of censors, that they have never spoiled any of her films, anyway. Alice Brady is vacationing in Eu- BATTER EXCLUSIVE Blarney’s Castle and Lalfes of Killar- ney from Dion Boucicault’s plays. eee A picture has been completed with Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson and Elifott Dexter in the cast. It is un- titled and the plot is being kept a secret, but thet, fs some cast! “Fools’ Paradise” is the title se- lected by Cecil deMille for his pic- ture suggested by Leonard Merrick’s “The Laurels and the Lady.” Dor- othy Dalton, Mildred Harris, Conrad Nagel and Theodore Kosloff in the cast. The June telephone directories’ have been delivered. If you did not receive one, or a sufficient number of copies, call 501. NOTICE ; City drinking water should be boiled until further notice. Signed _C. E. Stackhouse, Health Officer. ELECTRICAL SPECIALISTS Service and parts for Delco, Remy, Northeast and Auto Lite starters, Bosch, Eisemann and K-W Magnetos, Exide and Minnesota bat- Aeries, and Klaxon horns. ELECTRIC SERVICE & TIRE CO. ~ Bismarck, No. Dak. 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