The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 17, 1922, Page 2

PAGE TWO. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUTTING - HOUSE IN ORDER IN ALLOTTING ~ AIDFOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION — E. W., James, of Government Bureau of Public Roads, Out- lines Ideas of Department NEW FEATURES OF LAW The federal’ government is putting its house in order as far as federal aid for the construction of roads is concerned, BE. W. James of Washing- ton, D. C., chief, division of design of the bureau of public roads, told the members of the North Dakota Good Roads association at their annual con- vention here today. Under the recent federal aid act, passed last November, a reasonably limi mileage of road aust be built first; that along with it ry group. may be built, but which shall reach every state, shall become a completed whole before promiscuous unsystem~- atic construction will be tolerated. “The apportionment to the state of North Dakota, under this new act, for the fiscal year 1922 is $1,164,714.42,” Mr, James told the membership of the convention. “This new law introduces several new conditions into the co- operative relations between the states and the federal government. They are very interesting and very significant: 1, The new law limits the expen- diture of federal aid to a system of reads preyiously selected and desig: nated by the states in agreement with the secretary of agriculture. “2. It provides that where funds y ‘by the states highway. To insure that each highway aided by the govern- ment will receive that kind of main- tenance, the law provides that the sec- retary of agriculture shall serve no- tice upon any state which allows a read to suffer for lack of maintenance. Ii within 90 days after the notice is servel, the proper attention has not been given to the road, the secretary is authorized to maintains it and to charge the cost against the federal funds apportioned/to the state. What is more, he is ordered to refuse io approve any other project in the state until the amount spent for main- shrfaced federal government. When the mon- ey is thus paid back, it is not returned to the state’s apportionment but it is reapportioned among all the states and in this way the state which has been penalized receives only a small part of such fund. In the case North Dakota, the amount lost when funds are thus expended for maintenance will amount to approximately 98.4 per cent of the expenditure. Thé state will receive back only 1.6 per cent. “The state of North Dakota is rather fortunately situated with re- spect to the requirements of . this maintenance provision inasmuch as your law provides a special mainten- ance fund and places the entire state system under maintenance, by the state. “The present federal highway act in my opinion marks the greatest ad- vance that has ever been made in high- way building in the United States. fF the first time in our history a by the counti | ships or other sub-divisions, these hall nevertheless be placed un- j der direct control of the state high-; way department. 2 It sets up much more severe | conditions with respect to the main- tenance of fe@eralj highways built in therstate and "provides for the use of federal aid in maintaining su roads as are not satisfactorily m: tained by the state. Funds si are, however, then lost to the state. The state must refund the amount spent and no new projects are to be approved until the refund has been E mi rs “4. The law provides for a different pro fata share of the United States government in certain western states. Features of New Act “The most significant feature of the | riction which for tie ‘st time has been placed on the dis- bution of fed aid within the state. The act provides that each hall, together h the Secre- griculiure and acting with his , lay out a system of federal aid highways on which federal aid is to be expended. Thi tem shall comprise not more n \seven per cent of the public road mileage of each state and it may comprize con- siderably less. This system is divid- ed into two parts, called in the act, ‘primary highw and ‘secondary ys.’ The primary subdivision consists of not to exceed 3-7 of the roads on which federal aid may be ex- pended, that is to say not more than three per cent... The remainder cf such a system as may be laid out will comprize the secondary highways.” Mr. James then went into the diffi- culties many of the states would have with the restriction of seven per cent and continued: “In 1917 when it became necessary for the legislature of North Dakota, in order to secure the first apportien- ment cf federal aid, to assent to the original act and create an adequate highway department, your’ law of ‘March 5, 1917, provided for the map- f a system of state highways. g out this t tem of roads a total of akout 5,000 miles was select- ed. As your total road mileage is ap- proximately 69,000 miles, you are al- lowed by a seven per cent system ap- proximately 4,850 miles. It would appear, therefor that the present state highway system of North Dakota represents, at least with respect to mileage, about what you may expect under the new federal highway act as the federal ajdunikhway system of the state.” we Defines Maintenance Contjnuing Mr. James predicted that the new tederal aid act would remain in force for a number of years as it represented a crystallizing of many proj and discussed the defecis found in the act of 1916. In again coming to the more recent act, he SSI the maintenance provisi saying it probably would have been impossible to get -President Harding’s signature to an act which did not provide for this. “The present act defines mainten- ance in its broadest sense,” he con- tinued, as “the constant making of needed repairs to preserve a smooth ——eooOO Mrs, J. S. Davis ARE YOU A MOTHER! This is of Vital Import to You Wincna, Minn.—“During my first expectant period I got in a very weak- ened and nervous condition. My moth- er advised me to take Dr. Pierce’s Fa vorite Prescription. The first bottle strengthened me so that I continued its use. I took four bottles which not only built me up in strength but I had practically no suffering. I am most enthusiastic in my praise of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic and nervine for the expectant mother and am glad to send this let- ter for publication.”—Mrs. J. S. Davis, 428 . Sanborn St. All druggists. Liquid or tablets. Write Dr. Pierce, president Invalids’ ‘Hotel, in Buffalo, ‘N. Y., for free medi- [million dollars. definite scheme of cénstruction is pro- vided for. A few ambitious states have in the past on their own account and on their own resources built roads entirely across them. The recent law will insure not only that roads will eventually be built across the several states but it provides that these noads hall join other roads at the boundary lines and eventually result in roads across the entire country THE AMERICAN LEGION 18 TO | TAKE A CENSUS Will Be Known As a Service and Compensation Campaign, | Says MacNider | Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 17.—The) most important meeting of the Ameri- can Legion ever heh! between nation- | al conventions will be called in. this city, January 20 and 21, to arrange for a census of every ex-service man and woman in the country. The plan that National Commander Hanford MacNider will present to delegates calls for personal interviews by Le- gion canvassers of all veterans. . NR. Forbes, director of the United States Veterans Bureau will come as the personal representative of Presi- dent Harding and Federal Judge KM. Landis, of Chicago, will be one of the speakers. All state commanders, ad-| i mitteemen, chairmen of standing com- mittees and national Legion officials will be present. Representatives of the War and Navy departments will also attend. The national executive committee of the American Legion ‘Auxiliary, an organization of women relatives of Legion members, will meet concurrently. ite The census will be known as a ser-| vice and compensation campaign and is modelled after the “Iowa plan” suc- cessfully used in that state when Mr. ider was commander there. Af- | ter approval by the convention, the, census will be undertaken at once. The; country ‘will be divided into districts, with a Legion committeeman to sup- ervise. Districts will be small enough so that thorough canvassing can be assured. Legion volunteers will work every house and interview every vet- eran, Questionaires will be used to ascer- tain, first, what form of adjusted com- pensation is preferred of the five of- fered in-the pending Federal bill. Vet- erans have the option of cash pay- ment, paid-up insurance, vocational | training, aid in buying a home, or aid | in settling Jand. Mr. MacNider has a plan whereby veterans will be given the option of turning their compen- | sation payment into'a general fund, to be administered by the Legion and out of which loans will be made to dis- abled, unemployed or needy comrades. He believes this fund will total several Canvassers in the ecnsus will ascertain how many vet- erants will lend money to this fund. The subject of unemployment also will be considered at the convention | and some means devised whereby .the | Legion cah assist nationally in plac- himselt | tenance has been reimbursed to the | jijterest in oo) — jutants and national executive. com- | ent for the meeting, under the committeemen and will visit |» THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Although the famous “Bad Lands” \scenery of North Dakota has been ex- itensively advertised it has. not bee! |seen by thousands of people in the | state because of the lack of good high- jways. With improvement of the Red | Trail to a point where it is now re- ‘garded as one of the best trans-con- | tinental highways, traffic to the “Bad |Lands” As expected to increase. Upper view is a scene on the Little {Missouri river near Elishorn ranch in the “Bad Lands.” Below in order, is a beauty spot near Harvey, a shady road east of Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, and below a scene on the Red Trail five miles east of Bismarck, showing road improvement. AMENDMENT FOR N. D. HIGHWAYS SYSTEM URGED (Continued from Page 1) stead of by districts and another pro- vided for an executive committee com- posed of the president, first and sec- ond vice-presidents, secretary, treas- urer, one director and the chaixman of the legislative committee. oth were adopted: , Has 1,500 Members Secretary Holbein, in making a brief report, said that the association had grown to 1,500 members in the one year of its that after the difficult work of organization had been completed conditions with respect to the or- ganization im proved greatly. Three hundred, memberships were added _ last} week, he said, in-} dicating a greater | roads throughout the state. s Committees on nominations‘ and resolutions were appointed, to report late this afternocn. Following noon luncheon the association was to hear E. W. James, assistant chief, bureau of public roads, Washington, D. c and E. W. Hathaway, of St. Paul, dis- trict engineer, bureau of public roads, make addrésses. Governor R. A. Nestos will address | the association tonight and officers will be elected, : Representatives of the association from all parts of thé\state are pres- Ne FRED ME Legis. Comm. of the Association are: I. J. Moe, Valley City; first | vice-president, .N. B. Black, Fargo; | second vice-president, A. J. Ross, Stanley; treasurer, J. L, Bell, Bis- mar. sécretary, Will E. Holbein, Officers President, Bismarck, with 15-directors from var- ious parts of the state. Trail Men’ Meet. £ 1 A meeting of the representatives of | the yarious..trail associations of the | state was held.in connection with the roads association convention. | Methods of adver- tising trails, co- operation and oth- er problems were discussed. The following resolution was adopted: “Re- solved, that it. is the sense of the trail men present that trails may register with the secretary of state Hand their trail, designation be protected until by legislative enact- ment a uniform, system be pre- scribed.” It is expected, according to representatives, that a hill will be introduced at the next session df the legislature providing for the registering of trails, George N. Keniston, of Bismarck, representative of the National Parks ‘Highway, «was elected president of the trail association and Thomas C. Hutchinson, of Wijliston, representa- tive of the Roosevélt Trai® was elect- ed secretary. The foltowingy com- good | ‘As 'T.. KRAABEL, Legis. Comm, ing ex-service men in jobs. A com-| mittee will bring in a report on thé; memorial preposed in honor killed while serving as Legion Ni commander | Hubby Gets a Fortune sician at the Casino Theater here has just wnexpectedly died in America, consisting of.12 large farms and 3,500,000 kronor in cash, amounting in all to about 10,000,000 kronor (about $2,500,000). , Petersen's wife was so overcome with the news that her mind was af- fected and she had to be taken to an insane asylum. Clifford’s Skating Rink is open. 10c in the afternoon and evening. Free on Sunday. Dance at Baker’s Hall every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day nights. Best music and cal advice. “Ady. 2 ifloor in state. 10c a dance. of jlative committee of the North Dakota late Commander Galfbraith, who was}Good Koads Association: tional |hellek, of Kenmare, representing the and Wife Goes Insane tional highway. mittee was appointed to draft recom- mendations to present to the legis- | GOOD HIGHWAYS URGED TO OPEN BEAUTY SPO '. TO EYES OF MOTORISTS OF STATE AND THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS. ARR eee gram of legislative enactment fair to every portion of the state.” Roosevelt Trail was named to express in suitable resolutions the recommend- ation and “discussion of the meeting. The resolutions are as follows: Whereas, the North Dakota Staté Good Roads Association has been or- ganized and operative during the last past year; and, Whereas; the popular demand fcr a carefully worked out system of high- ways in the interest of the develop- ment of the state, and conforming to the plans and purposes of the Bu- reau of Public Roads is an imperative and immediate demand; and, Whereas, the several trail organiza- tions are the forerunners and out- standing propagandists +strategically located highways; and, ee i Whereas, experience in federal and Theo. Ka- North Star trail; B! A, Dickinson, of Ryder, representing the Parks high- way, T. C. Hutchinson, of Williston, representing the Roosevelt Interna- The following representativés of Copenhagen, Jan. 17.—A. Petersen, a| trails were present at the meeting: |Theo. Kahellek, North Star trail; C. H. received ia | Burch, North Star trail; H.R, Freitag, legacy from a relative who recently ;Parks highway; B. A. Dickinson, Parks |highway; H. P. Murphy, Sunshine ttrail; C. E. Danielson, Roosevelt, In- ‘ternational, Metigoshé-Black Hills, {North Star trails; G. N, Keniston, Na- |tional Parks Highway; Henry F. Doo- | |ley, Theodore Roosevelt International |Highway; A. F. Bacon, Roosevelt, | North ‘Star, Metigoshe-Black Hills |trait; Jas, A. MiNoy, Interifational and Metigoshe-Black Hills tra Hillis, International ‘Trail; T. ©. | Hutchinson, Roosevelt and North Star trails, D. Good Roads association; R. L. Whitcomb, N, D. Good Roads As- | sociation. | A committee consisting of Theo. Ka- jhellek Of the North Star Trail, B.A, Dickinson of the Parks Highway and .. C. Hutchinson - of the Theodore . state road construction has demon- strated the importance of a-fixed plan and purpose; tlerefore, - Be It Resolved, that we do heartily indorse the North Dakota Good Roads to, the enact- Association as a mean: ment of certain nece: legislation; and, le and Ho!- Resolved, that the indefati skillful activities of Mr. W. FE. bein as State Secreta his’ eminent fitness and faitness for the work; and, { Resolved,’ that we memorialize the North Dakota State Good Roads Asso- ciation and the North Dakota State Highway Commission to secure, by, legislative enactment, the protection of the present established emblems, symbols and other road marks of trail organizations and b: egistration or otherwise protect communities throughout the state from “wildcat”: trail organizations by preventing re-| duplication and inconsequent trail or-| 4 ganizations$ and, Resolved, that we gffer our whole- hearted and unequivocal support to} the rth Dakota State Good Roads Association in the conviction that their! mature reflection will result in a pro- | y have proved | J A SWEET LITTLE » BABY BO - e Makes a Bright Spot in Every Home. A Comfort in Years toCome: — Park Rapids, Minnesota.—“T have taken your me. icine — Lydia E. Pink~ ham's Vegetable Compound — when 1 was a gi and bef and after sweet little hoy and will end you his picture h.to pub! EA your medicine d find it a great I recom- to those who es are born.’’ N, Box 155, a Ey nd arrive at middle age “nis a great disappoint- men. “Think of the joy ~ cther women have in their eat happi- milies by restoring wo- )ften the childless home down condition of the ich may be helped by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It brought h and happiness into the home of Johnson, Why not to yours? > pound has h ness to é Re ir] for pains | age. Inow ) S OF NORTH DAKOTA {Ben Arnold never was. TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, ’22 Fa Thousands will tell y 5 fey, get thor “résults from Dr. Ca Syrup Pepsin than from salts, pills and drastic catharties. Pepsin is a mild, cleanser and regulator, It cos! about acenta dose, DR. CALDWELL’S SYRUP PEPSIN THE FAMILY LAXATIVE Take Dr, Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin | when constipated, bilious, headachy orout of sorts, You will find your zen eral health and- complexion, so imy proved that less cosmetics will ht | ‘Thousands of women: have proved this true. | } HALF.OUNCE BOTTLE FREE | Few escape constipation, soeven if you do i nad yeu a-laxalive decks nbkiene ioe merle te ~ ff} send you a Half-ounce Trial Bottle of my: ‘Syrup Pepsin FREE OF GHAR you will have it handy when needed, Send souy name and addvest 16 Df, W. Be Calditll, ‘sta Washington St., Moniicello, | Ill, Write me today. ARNOLD MAKES — __ APPLICATION + FOR PENSION pplied Under The Name of Connor and Is More Thai 80 Years Old missing in the turmoil following the great civil strife. Inquiry at Lemmon failed to dis- close Cotinor. Finally Charles H. Burke, commissioner of Indian affairs became interested in the case. He discovered ‘that Arnold was the man claiming the pension and that for some unstated reason he had given up the name of Connor in favor of Ar- nold in 1864, Mr. Burke found living at Buchtel an older brother, Fernando Con- . This brother had received no Pierre, -S.- D., Jan. 15.—Twenty| word of Ben for more than two score years ago~Beh Arnold w. one of} years nor had’ he known that he es; the-well kriown characters in mid-| tablished his identity to the satisfac; western Dakota, especially in the vi- cinity of Pierre. He was a typical frontiersman and was connected with receive the penson he might have been enjoying for the last half cer the military pxpeditions of the Sioux | tury. campaign. Je was a packer with} Arnold or as his name now appears Custer. He carried the news of the|to be Connor is more than 80 years Custer fight on the ittle Big Horn to Crook’s command at old Fort Phil Kearney. He was a storehouse of, Pioneer history of a very dependable type. But Ben Arnold is no more. In fact Application tor a Civil War pension a short time} opened last night, was crowded for ago from Ben M. Connor who gave] both shows. Manager Wingreene re- Lemmon, South’ Dakota, as his home|ceived many ccmpiments from visi started an iny War depart-|tors on the extemsive improvements ment record name of;and remodelling of the former Or- Connor hut for more t ) years|phcum theater, The, theater’s feature the man claimed no pen: m the} picture for the opening, “The In goverrment and it for sup-] of the Cup,” pleaséd the large audi- posed that he had been among the} ences, of age. NEW CAPITOL AS CROWDED, reve: WARNING! ‘Unless you see the name “‘Bayer”’ on tablets, you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians over 21 years and proved safe by millions for Say ‘‘Bayer’’ when you buy Aspirin. 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