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Pa ee MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, ’21 BIGESTATES CRUMBLE UNDER. TAX BURDENS English Peers Find it Necessary | i to Seek Smaller Homes to Meet Mountiny Costs London, Sept: 12.—England’s great estates are crumbling under the weight of taxation and death duties and one big landed proprietor atter another among the nobility is divid- ing and selling his holdings, many of! which have been in the hands of single families tor centuries. The latest indication that peers are finding it necessary to seek smaller homes comes in the announcement of j the Duke of Portland that he may have to abandon his palatial mansion, Welbeck Abbey, in Nottinghamshire. This is only one of the residences of ——————————————— Monday and Tuesday “ge Comedians... Added Attraction O’Henry’s “A RULER OF MEN” Coming Wednesday and Thursday OTIS SKINNER in “KISMET” ‘| may i B THEATRE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW Edna Murphy and Johnnie Walker, the famous stars of “Live Wires” in their new triumph “Play Square A Fox Week Special. the acres in England. “For centuries past landed esta have ben handed down from gen. ee eration to generation,” said the Due, Ot pe ald ee vee Son | s eh 1 ates are sew: 0 UU 's Bay com-} pdinessing his penanes on the secu on | pany blankets,” he said. of thé coming of age of his son, Lord | Francis Cavendish. “Landlords and | tenants have lived on terms of mutual} t I fear, however, | ‘the state of things is p, for with the present weight ion ‘and the exttemely onerou. ‘ence of death duties, the future; y become very uncertain for all; landed proprietors. If this is good for | the country, I certainly do not com- ! plain, | “With regard to my own case, it! may ‘or may not be possible tor me} and my family to continue to reside | 3 ut Welbeck, but I fear that there canj ; 3 $ g Duke who owns some 200,000-| short’ mean two buffalo, skins gnd.a calf, The most valuable blankets have ;| three long and a short.” “Although the puffalo has disappea trust and affection. that Attempt to Burn Out Snake Caused Big Loss 3 3 A six-foot blacksnake refused $ to move from his den under a i - ia stump, and W. H, Winter, a farmer of Augr@ma, Ky, on whose poroperty the snake had taken up a residence, decided to smoke out the reptile, Fire spread from the stump to a 20- acre hay! field. Appeals were sent to the fire department and farmers hurried to the scene to help extinguish the flames. At one time it seemed “as: though the fire would spread to the city, but a timely shower helped extinguish the flames, NG The snake escaped, ~ be little doubt that those who come | after'me wifl not be able to do so.” } Qniall sides historic houses are find- | ing new tenants and ancient familie are severing their connection with the soil. \ The Duke of Devonshire sold Devon- | hire House in 1919 and Stowe House, | the property of Baroness Kinloss, was | disposed of recently. Others who have sold their er ties recently include the Duke of Ped-; — ford, the Duke of Westminster, the| Duke of Ruthland, the Duke of Grat-| ton, the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Leconfield, Lord Londesborough, Lord | Portman, Lord Camden, Castega, Earl Beauchamp, ford, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Lo ington, Lord Harlech,the Count of Warwick and Sir Richard Bulkeley Welbeck Abbey is famous for the subterranean passages and apartment: built by the Duke of Portland at cost of 3,000,000 pounts in order to} hide himself from observation by the | outside world. The abbey has an underground ing school” 400 feet long, 106 fect] wide and 50 feet high, capable of! holding 20,000 persons. There is a subterranean ballroom 158 feet long, 63 feet wide and 21) feet high, the walls of which are hung} with famous paintings. Both the riding school and the ball room are connected with the abi by a series of tunnels. Other features are ranean — libraries course for galloping horses. It quarter of a mile long entirely ed in with glass. Altogether there are about 15 miles of tunnelling. LEARNS HOW TO BUY BLANKETS, SAYS FERGUSO DOG EATS WIRE MUZZLE He Always Comes Back He Tells Court. lyn appeared in the Fifth Avenue court dog to roam the street unmuzzled. “Judge, as soon as I put a muzzle fendant, wire ones, too?” asked the magistrate. “Yes, your honor, I have tried all kinds,” replied Lear, “Have you tried one made of rein- forced. concrete?” queried the magis- trate. concrete he would probably be too tired to tackle the steel.” subt | would have to keep the dog muzzled or get rid-of-tt: E “Judge, I have tried that, too, Sev- eral times I've tied him up and. sent for the S. er, by the time they arrived the dog was missing only to return after the dog catchers had left.” 3 “One dollar fine,” said the court, As Lear walked over to the clerk to y his fine he remarked: “This ts I thought I was going to get large tan an] a “C. G. Ferguson, president of the} Advertising club of Minneapolis, knows how to get his money’s v | when he buys a Hudson's Bi q pany blanket,” says the Minneapoli Journal. He learned it during a re- cent trip to Mandan, N. D. got ly chummy wii Indians, in from the ieseTvation fo) the Slope country fair. Mr. Ferguson was attending the convention of the/ Town Criers. “At certain points on the edge of} these blankets, famous tirdughout the; north country, heavy lin f stitching | run in from the edge toward the cen- ter, apparently serving no practicai | | Durpose. Some of these are 6 inches} ; long, some 12 inches long. “Twelve inches of stitching mean the blanket is worth one buffalo s he was told. “A long aud a short ri mean they.are worth ihe skins of a buifalo and a calf. Two long and This Mrs, Alice J, Farrell and her | kangaroo. kangaroo was hers only temporarily. Both were on the liner Sonoma, bound from Sydney for ! San neisco, when two kangaroos in the cargo escaped, One was caugh the other all but bounded Into the sea in a rage, before Mrs, Farrell smiled and coaxed it back into captivity. That was after the kangaroo had sent one sailor. flying with a left swing of the 9 | American Association Also Aids 1,300,- 000 Children in Polish Districts. Coming FRIDAY “After Your = LUCKY Dry Mined Tom Mix—newest picture W. G. NEWTON oe DEALER Warsaw.—Fifteen thousand univer- sity students in the main educational j centers of W v, Lemberg, Cracow, Lublin, Posen and Vilna, are bei one ineal a day by the Amer administration of the E children’s fund this summer. and SATURDAY Own Heart” Warsaw has five kitchens devoted to serving students, the other towns | having smaller numbers, | The Polish ministry of approvisa- nas shed the Am: with 180,000. pound: 50 per cent belowanarket pi of Posen made 000) pounds of ers i dent feeding. udents benefiting by this spe- cial provision are over seventeen years pold, In lief workers are feeding more than 1,- 300,000 children in Poland up to the age of seventeen years, “Fresh” Eggs Hatch in Store. Paducah, | Ky.—Fourteen chicks hatched out of eggs in the bottom lay- er of ate at a market house here, were discovered after the top layers had been sold as fresh The chicks, which were old, apparently had been mothered by | STRIKE Lignite Coal the heat wave and were in splendid} Phone 610 We have plenty of it to supply your demands. Fill your basement now. It keeps well, does not slack. health. The owner sold them for times the value of fresh several Citizens to Curb Speeders. Greenville, S. Speed limit 25! miles per hour. Drive slow and see and see our jails.” n that Sheriff | Rector posted on all the leading high- | ways and a hundred citizens were se- | ; eretix sworn in as policemen to help | | curb the speed demsr~ 909 Main St. THE BIS) FAMILY WASHINGS DONE FREE Just send or bring the coupon — we will come to your home and do your family washing FREE during this big one weeks sale. Here is your chance! See for your Owner Can’t Give Him Away, Either— | t New. 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Can you find such remarkable reductions on any other household article? Can you buy anything else of half its value—its wonderbul help- price cut? eat opportunity! Pick out the grimiest things you can find. Sec them come out Without rubbing. Without wear. least bit of effort on your part. Then ask yourself if you can afford to be without this machine — If your old washday drudgery is not unthinkable — when you see this wonderful washer forever end such slavery! And you can see it—this week. Without the slightest expense. Without the slightest obligation. Just clip the coupon. See how its Without the Send or Fine Clothes Basket FREE! With every Maytag purchased during the sale we will give free ‘ CHURCH SURVEY 1S SUGGESTED FOR THE CITY Rev. G. H. Quigley Leaves Rec- ommendation with Congre- gation of M. E. Church Rev. G. ‘H, Quigley, informing the i congregation of the McCabe Metho- | dist Episcopal church Sunday of his acceptance of a pastorate in La ‘Grande, Oregon, renewed a recom- | Mendation he had previously made jthat a survey be made of the city to determine the extent of the churca membership and the ‘possibilities for “| combined effort upon the part of the churches to reach all new residents in the city. | Because of the fact that there are many people coming and going in the city, a great number-are lost to the churches because they are not reach- ed with a personal invitation or so- ,|licitation to affiliate themselves por to h a church, Rev. Sunday morning become associated Quigley said, In hi sermon ‘he discussed the subject, “Selling Religion.” He urged his con- gregation to apply the same psychol- church to “prospects” that a modern potatoes to be used locally in the 'stu- | 0 in carrying the message of the | salesman uses in his business. | Rev. Quigley probably will preach his farewell sermon next Sunday. He dition to this task the re-) plang to motor with his family to his new pastorate in northeastern Ore- gon. RUNNYMEDE ON . THAMES RIVER IS FOR SALE London, Sept. 12—kKunnymede, 2 meadow on the bank of the Thames river, in Surrey, site cf the historic battle.where the barons wrested from King John the Magna Charta in 12135, is for sale. Attacking the governnient in the de- bate on the Corn Producti peal bill} Lord Lincolushite in the House of ‘Lords declared the present ministry was preparing to sell the crown lands‘and said nothing remain- @q. but ‘to pawn the crown jewels. ‘Lod Lincolnshire referred to a a beautiful clothes basket. Now is the time to buy your washer and get this fine present. French & Welch Hardware Co. Main Street BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA alogue of crown lands offered for sale and continued: “Rumieymede is Lot 8 in the cata- logue. There peers were encamped for the signing of the Magna Charta in 1215. Your ancest my lords, on that historic field saved the liberties of England. Now we are face to face with the fact that this historic field is put up for sale and will be knocked down under the hammer.” The second reading was agreed to without a division. R. J. Roach, held in jail in Fargo, wh return to Minnesota is asked, because of alleged connection with the Aleumcland, Minn., bank robbery, was expected to resist attempts at extradition today, A hearing was to be held before Governor Frazier this afternoon, E. 8. Allen, representing the state of Minnesota, was to ask | that extradition papers be signed. ' Roach engaged Thomas Sullivan, of ‘St. Paul, and Richardson. .& Barnett, of Fargo, as attorneys, to resist the application, TRADE EXHIBIT ON STRAMSHIP ew York, Sept. 12.—-The American steamship St. Louis, fitted out’ as a floating exhibition hall with samples of the products of three hundred lead- ing American manufacturers, will leave New York next january on an American sales promotion trip to 50 foreign ports. The slogan of the en- terprise “I’ll Tell the World” will fly from the forepeak. The trip will take a year. The exhibitron gpace is equal 565 What is it? KODAK FINISHING Quality Work for the Amateur SLORBY STUDIO Successors to , (HOLMBOE STUDIO # MAIL OR RING THIS COUPON Gentlemen: this week. The In accordance with your FREE demonstration offer, I will be pleased to have you do my washing most convenient time will be arise ginataeoeele (hour), to that of Madison Square Garden. Although there are a few misgiv- ings about the present being auspic ious for such a trip, J. Herbert ‘And- son, the promoter, says it should be remembered that business conditions in some parts of Souta America ar good and will be improved in 1 Japan, China, India, Australia, Nor- way and Sweden have been to a de: gree tree from much ci the finan worry that followed the world ¥ he says, and the Balkan states should be a fertile field for the exchange of commodities. All those countries will be included in the itinerary of the St. Louis. It is claimed that many of the smaller countries have consid le wealth and buying power and that the American manufacturers: will lose out in thos: fields in competition with Europeans WANTED Hunters to buy their ammuni- tion EARLY ATLOMAS'S. This gives you a larger va- riety of Loads from which to choose. unless they get busy. Interpreters and credit men will be carried on the trip to assist the manufacturers’ rep- resentatives in presenting their goods to foreign buyers and establishing sound financial relations. The St. Louis is at present being converted into an oil burner. ASK Your Grocer For Humpty Dumpty Bread Produced By BARKER BAKERY DRY STOVE WOOD Delivered to any part of the city. $3.25 Per Cord. Phone 731 J FINED SERVICE DAILY PHOTO w BISMARCK. NORTH DAKOTA © Known all over the Northwest for Quality ®MAIL US YOUR FILMS © LTING THEATRE Jirection Valleau Theaters Company HUGH FORD’S BASIL KING'S .... WALLACE REID in MONROE SALISBURY in. KATHERINE McDONALD in “DECEPTIO} suit ssenie Matinee Daily. at 2530 JVI TONIGHT and TOMORROW MARION DAVIES in “BURIED TREASURE”: Kinograms..............6 ..+.-Topics of the Day. WED DAY and THURSDAY Roscoe Arbuckle in.“THE DOLLAR A YEAR MAN” COMING “THE CALL OF YOUTH” -“THE BARBARIAN” Y LADY’S LATCHKEY” .. “EARTHBOUND” “TOO MUCH SPEED”