The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1921, Page 2

PAGE TWO SIGNER ASKS . NAME TAKEN | ‘SAY! HOW MUCH. MONEY DID YOU THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE : : : < : = — = = Did wou “recetyé~any interest “on|three to head the work of eliminating| SUP} oe unscommni ise bank deposits? " illiteracy in the state will be made | REME COURT SETS enaeracae ont Have you any property from which|immediately. Mrs. Alfred Zuger, who; DOWN RULE TO GOVERN eagles ges Seta you receive rent? is representing the club women ot; FOR SALE — Choice Canary Singers. A very appropriate Did you receive any income in the|North Dakota ona state wide com- | Sonti f ofrm of dividend Bi interest from Mission, will appoint one of.the-mem | pGonbinyed trom: Bags 1) Mi 0 Gift for Xmas. Jacob Bull, 12-19-5t FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, ’21 BY CABLE sale ot nds digclts Ore bonde bers of this county commission. Mrs:| The records in the cas Did'you receive any vdnuses during Zugers appointments will be from the| the Bank of North I 2 had ad- Women’s Clubs of the county. FROM PETITION Cc. W, McGray Writes Formal, MAKE IN 1924? | Uncle Sam Wants To Know So the year? Did you make any profit on the sale of stocks, bonds, ow other property, veal or personal? Did you act.as a broker in any Minnie Neilson, State Superintendent! of Public Instruction, is expected. to} add to the commission, the name of the county suporintendent in - each| county as the representative of in-| Miss | vanced to Spitzer, Rorick & Company SOLD)UNDER - Dickinson, N. D. Letter to State Railroad He Can Tell How Much In- | T28eeHon from which you received) struction. The third member will be anes ' commissions? man, but a man or woman who Commission come Tax You Owe Him Are you interested in any partner- own interest in the success of.) 4 i ship cr other firm from which you re~]} akota's slogan of “No illiter.| s ' i | a [BO SOD PACE DUES) | ceived any income? acy in North Dakota in 1924.” NOT THORIZED | | As the year 1922 approaches many} ‘Haye you any’ income from royal-| While Mrs. Zuger has been and is | j important undertakings confront the | ties or patents? acting as the inspirational head of,the \ ae | ; citizens of these great United States: Have you any minor children who cub womens toneee of une) States she | Si 7 navel | No less, in, importance ; se is} 2%e working? has been more than academic in her Other Signers Reported To Have be aaah ner ‘ among these a Do yon appropriate, or ‘have the|interest, and has kept a, watehtul eye Been Confused As To \ norte "G y filing of income tax re-|inignt ts appropriate, the earnings of/and extended'a helping hand, to a/ ; Bi | | Ports. Gunder Olson, internal rev- |. ch children? If so, the amount must| class of illiterates at the North Da- | : N rae Contents enue tax collector of North Dakota | 56 included in the return of income, |kota penitentiary here. When Mrs. | ' ‘ERS FA has issued a public statement in re. Has your wife any income from any Stewart was in North Dakota she vis- erg a ITA ee hid CW. MeG av gacoL tt 2 ; Bard to the filing of income tax re- souree whatsoeyer? If so, it must be| ited tho penitentiary with Mrs. Zuger. CUARANTEES20: y . W. MeGray, one of the men pur-| ports. .He has devised a set of ques- inchided'stn' "7a % aa id He ata The two women found there a class of! Ste : : Sino dah aks ported to have signed the petition | tions Very thou@itfuliy arranged. anc | ZoMded, in, Your’ return or reported) 14 ‘nniterates, judges by standards of Gi SATISFACTORY RESULTS: against rates, service and quality of} should prove of a great assistance to] * Did arate Becta © Ce ity English, One of the men would have | SF yy — . ; 3 the public in as ing j you receive any directors’ fees! heen classed as literate in’ the gdv- ANY KIND f 3 water of ‘the Bismarck Water Supply the public in ascertaining just how oy trustees’ fees in the course of the \ f ; : a ‘much income they have had during the oy aio Bas ernment census report because of his | : at company has sent a letter to the sta past year. year? ee ability to read and write French.! railroad comm: The followins’-Stateiient is issnec |’ DO, YoU: Roldsams. bMice Sw & benefit} With one of the prison men as an in-) name be withdrawn, | | by Collector of Internal Revenue Gun- gocléty, from aweiien you. vecelve, in-latractor, (theses 16" men of (all: Ages) _ Other signers have complained to der Olson, District of North Dakota come? e started to attain what others hold so; fhe Tribune that their names were | With the approach of the period for} ASWers to all of these questions | lightly, ability to read and write. Ff used without authority, or under a! | nlite: iheome’ tax eabar nee tadaa " are hecessary to determine whether aj Oné month after the initial class | y misapprehension of the petition’ to March 13, 1922—tax is cae a a person las an ‘income’ safficiently|Mrs. Zuger again visited the peniten-| tents. The letter of Mr. McGray, yised ii a6 2 aio itlnke’ aie t © ve large to require that a return be fill-|tiary and brought from the class sam-! Adlon “ote Eel acc: ompil-| i, and may be the means of avoiding] ples of handwriting, some of it good, | rr a demand SHBettenL hand yea the heavy penaltfés' inposed for some of it cramped and some. of at Sta ailroad :Ci fee see y and tan rovision | | 4, ra ime scrib- ing a propensity to scrawl, but: State Railroad Comm lof the revenue act of 1921 is sion | ure to do so within the time prescrib Ene ye ieeitne pee anh ae Bismarck, N. Gentlemen; * . | My name appeared in a published | report of the Bismarck Tribune of this evening's issue, as one of the| twenty-four (24) petitioners in a com-i plaint filed with your honorable body | against the Bismarck Water Supply | Co. If my name appeared therein I de- sire it removed, as I had, no knowl-| edge of the contensts of such a petl. | tion, nor do I know such contents as| set forth, to be facts as reportel therein. ( I signed without reading a petition some weeks or months ago which 1 understood was petitioning the’ city commission, to accept a proposed re ‘duction in. the water rates or a com- promise plan to purchase price which twas reported to have been submitted ‘to them bythe Water Supply Co., and stop further litigation and costs. The quantiy and quality of the water and service of the Bismarck Water ‘and figuratively at once. Maebus, who | | every person whose gross income for | 1921. was $5,000 or over shall file a re- | turn, regardless of the amount of net income upon which the tax is as- : a | sessed. Returns are required of every 7 | single person wh@e net income was Lester Maebus and his bride were | $1,000 or over and every ried per- hitched by cable, speaking literally|son living with husband or wife nO | whose net income was $2,000 or over. lives in St. Helena, Neb., was married | widows and widowers and persons by cable to the sweetheart he met! separated or divorced from husband while a soldier in France. or wife, are regarded as’single per- nanan AAR | sons! ‘ and in the second place te have your net oaeine ae stan income, legs advice with reference to recommenda- genase, (pane OTe een Gites Sac tions to be made to the next session come, includes: practically dll income of the legislature.” received by ‘the, taxpayer during the “There is no provision of law for| year; in the case of the wage earner, lany payment for the services of such | salaries, wages, bonuses and commis- a commission and it is difficult to ar- range to meet even the expenses of coup]? of meetings of the full commis- sion—one during the first. three stongs; iin’ the case of professional ORGANIZATION PERFECTED FOR LITERACY DRIVE Creation of machinery for North Da- kota’s drive upon illiteracy goes on while workers are waiting to read the final result of Mrs. Cora Wilson Stew- art’s attemot to get the names of illit- erates of the counties from the cen- sus department at Washington. When the names arrive in the state, there will be almost no wait until the men ‘North Dakota’s penitentiary would ba| such 2 body, but I would feel that it! woull be wisdom to have at least a} Supply, Co., hasbeen satisfacory to; months of the year for the purpose of } me, and my name to such a petition | formulating and making any general ‘is without my consent, and does not| recommendations for the administra- represent my knowledge and belief. | tion, and, another meeting in Novem- Yours yery truly, * Cc. W. McGRAY. MANDAN HAS BIG SCHEDULE Mandan, Dec. 23.— Mandan high school basketball quintette will play! a large number of class A high sc 001 | teams this season, and some of lesser classification, while a second team, | made up of players who are being de-! veloped will play % schedule of one| or two class A teams and a number oi! lesser classification. Some of these} games will be played as double ‘head-| ers on the local floor, | Prospects for a winning team are; net. considered‘ as ‘good as in past} lyears. Two veterans, Lyle Gray and George Newgard, both forwards and |the latter captain, are the veterans. New men, many of them veterans inj (other lines of sport who look good in the ‘preliminary skirmishes are Mel- vin Williams, Wylie Nelson and Rod- ney Love at center, Eugene Burdick, Chas. Skjcd, football captain-elect, at guards and Henry Pfenning at for- ward. Much of the faith of the locals that the team will make a, good showing, is placed in Karl Ericson, coach, who fis directing the basketball destines, of Mandan for the fourth year. In his eseveral years of coachihg, his teams have invariably been in the running. The Class A schedule includes: Dec. 283—Glendive, Mont., at Man- dan. Jan. 14—Valley City at Mandan” Jan. 31—Double header—Fargo at Mandan, Beach at Mandan. Jan. 28—-Bismarck at Mandan. Feb. 3.—Mandan at ‘Dickinson, mestown at Mandan. Mandan at Beach. andan at Glendive, Mont. andan at Bismarck. Feb. 23—Mandan at Valley City. double header, Feb, 24.—Mandan at Jamestown. NESTOS NAMES TWO BODIES TO PROBE MILL, ELEVATOR (Continued from Page 1) of the committee at least that the actual and mecessary expenses will be defrayed, by the Industrial Commis- sion out of the mill and elevator funds as your services will be of great value in so;ving the problems and doing the; work of this association. “[ would be glad to hear from you| and trust.I may have the assur nce | of your willingness to serve, beth ov the cummission and on this commi t 1 In his letter to members cf the en- tire commission of eleven to study agricultural problems the governor “The problems confronting the new administration are many and difficult In seeking to solve these problems, 1 feel the need of the cooperation :ud!} assistance of the people of our who are especially familiar with dif-| ferent phases of these problems. Not the least difficult and pressing of these problems are those dealing with the agricultural interests 5 Agriculture is our chief the best possible solution of the vari-} ous problems presented in seeking |. the welfare of those engaged in this | industry ought to clai immediate | and ccntinned attention. | In outlining what is expected of the{ commission the governor said: “In . the first place, | would be glad to keep in commun: n with you about the problems of administration dur- ipg te coming spring and summer, {ber for the purpose of offering sug- rea ut aus eee tee and women marked as illiterates are i eae te a invited to become members of some mers all prpfits from the sale of farm class or organization within which products, ‘and rental or sale of land. they will have an opportunity to ole- In the making of an income tax re-lyate themselves from the illiterate |turn for the year 1921, every taxpay-|numbers. That Mrs. Stewart will suc- er. should present to himself the ‘fol-| ceed, in some methiod, in getting the lowing questions: names is not doubted by the people What were your profits from your] who have come in contact with her in . {married to Harry W. Blair, a lawyer. | business,. trade, profession or voca- |gestions and recommendatipns: to the tion? | govarnor for incorporation in his mes- ;sage to the legislature, I am: ‘confi- | dent that the actual and necessaty ex- |penses for attending a couple of such | meetings, the’ Industrial Commission | | will be very glad to defray.” i | _In addition to the suggestions out- | {lined for the commission, the gover- jmor invites them to investigate any | {problems relating to rural life that| they may deem it advisable to inves- | tigate. { URGES WOMEN . TO VOTE, THEIR OWN CONVICTIONS ~Joplin, Mo., Dec. '23.—Women”™ can assist politics more by acting on their own initiative than by imitating men. accordng to Mrs. Emily Newell Blair | of this city, newly elected Democratic national committeewoman from Mis- souri. “ZL believe,” upbuilding politics by ‘collaborating their effirts with thosé of the men. “Women have a contribution to make to politics, and can best make thisyin their own way, I believe, than by apeing the men.” Mrs. Blair, a native of Joplin, is| prominent as a short story writer, and thas been interestéd in polities for nearly a decade. During the war, she served im Wash- ington as a member of. the publicity committee of the National Council of Defense. She also was vice chairman of the Missouri division of the coun- cil, f Always a proponent of. woman suf- frage, Missouri political leaders of both sexes agree that is was due to efforts of Mrs. Blair in 1914, when she had charge of publicity work for the suffrage movement, in Missouri, that! the Missouri congressional delegation was swung into the aye column on the issye. \ i As vice chairman of the Missouri League of Women Voters, Mrs. Blair assisted in organizing, state branches of the national organization in Flort- da and Mississippi, and while in the former state was engaged by the Uni- versity of Florida to lecture om citi- zenship. In 1920 she, with national officers of league, attended both‘ the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and spoke before. the re- spective resolutions committees ‘on safe-guarding interests of _ women voters. * : Mrs. Blair was educated in the pub-| lic schools, the University of Missour! and Goucher college; an @ in 1900 was and brother. They have one girl and one boy. > pp ale - other novelties Clay results from the crumbling of} feldspar, | her work in the state. Appointment of a commission of are offered here. . Chocolate Fudge, per pound. ......... PHONE 57 City 25c. Penitentiary 75c. Closed Heated Cars Only. Day and Night Service. ROHRER TAXI LINE. Peanut Brittle, Farmers, Trappers—Attention LET US TAN YOUR HIDES AND FURS into useful articles, such as robes, coats, rugs, mittens, caps, fur sets or any kind of leather, If you prefer selling, send your fur to us for full market value. WRITE TOD\Y for FREE fur price list, tanning price list and shipping The Bismarck Hide & Fur Co. , Bismarck, N, D. tv ! 300 Broadway. Xmas Mixed Candy, per pound per pound. > were attempting to-open a door to the} great, and to thom, undiscovered se-| crets of the world. It is considered to} be not long until all the inmates of} classed literate by the enumerators of | the Unted State census. ; Cooperaton of the schoo) forces of the state has been assured from the beginning. ‘In a number of the cities it has been possible to find the illiter- ates. Teachers of the high and grade schools have joined to instruct these | in night schools. Accurate’ statistics are not available but it is the impres- sion of men and women in close touch with the situation in the state that a night school is in operation at practi- cally any point where it will Teach any | number of people. ea | | TRIBUNE WANTS—FOR RESULTS | —S—SooSS— | ATS Merry Christmas Everybody KEEIN Tailoring La) “For Her Sweet Tooth It would be a lamentable Christmas without Candy in the home, wouldn’t it? Everybody expects Candy, for it is as much a part of the Christmas festivities as the tree itself. Here we've made special preparations for the Holidays to please the sweet tooth of*father and mother, sister Holiday boxes, bon-bon baskets, sweet-meat dishes and A complete line of. Box Candy per box 50c up. Special Prices to Schools and Churches. Olympia Candy Kitchen Phone 330. Mail'Orders Filled Same Day Received. WE don’t care what kind of baking powder you are using—we don’t care how much you pay for it or how good the results—you’ll never know how whole- some and tasty bakings can be until you try Calumet, Nor will you know the meaning of greatest baking economy. a That’s more than.a claim. It is an incon- testable fact. Let us prove it—without risk to you. Let usshow you how tosecure superior baking results and to Save on baking costs. Just ask your grocer to send you acan. Try it. Then if you are not convinced that Calumet serves you better than any baking powder you have ever used—if you are not sure it saves cause waste, tell your dealer and he wil: cheer- fully refund purchase price. Order a can today. and finest baking powder factories lence has made it the choice of leading Domestic Scientists, eminent Chefs, and the most | popular leavener. with America’s most partic- | nl you where inferior powders frequently ‘ A) Calumet is the product of the largest | in existence. Its wonderful excel- | i ALUMET BAxtNo ll Ml |" pownar NOTE— _ A pound can of Calumet contains full 16.02. Some baking powders come in 12 oz. cans instead of 16 oz. cans. Be sure you ‘get a pound when you want it. Is the Coal Bin Empty Again? : If yes, this time buy the long burning coal—the coal that will keep you comfort- able from the early morning whistle to the shut-down '— and the coal that keeps your house warm during the bitter cold nights. WE OFFER THAT KIND OF COAL AND THAT KIND ONLY. It will certainly reduce your living ex- penses and you'll be quick to see the saving. And we say to you—“IF IT DON’T MAKE GOOD, WE DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY.” That’s the: way we sell coal. ' Twenty years at it, and everybody satisfied. Isn’t that pretty good evidence in. our favor? - Washburn Lignite Coal Co. Phone 453 For All Baking Requirements ° which is al- Use Climax Flour wavs uniform == in quality and contains a high percentage of gluten. Necessarily a high priced flour on account of its high quality. For sale by all grocers. Russell - Miller Milling Co. Bismarck, N. D.