The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1922, Page 1

The Weather. Generally Fair FORTIETH YEAR STATE BODY WAKES DEAL FOR SALE OF $3,500,000 OF HAIL WARRANTS 70 OUTSIDE FIRM With Completion of Legal For- malities Entire Issue Would Be Taken at Graded Price IMMEDIATE OFFER IS MADE ae bares racraryl Well Known Financier to Dis- pose of, $200,000 at 97 Per Cent of far Value Farmers of the state are today of- fered an opportunity to dispose of 1921 hail warrants at near par value ,as the result of am agreement con- summated by the state administration, it was announced today. Under the agreement the Minne- sota Loan and Trust Company agrees to purchase the entire $3,500,000 1921 hair warrants as soon as certain legal requirements are met, probably early in February, at 2 per cent dis- count, In the meantime, to provide a sale for warrants to farmers who are\anxious to obtain money during this month, the administration’ has obtained an offer from a well known: business man of the state whose name HE BIS CK TRIBUNE[==] BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 Rn eee BONUS BILL 70 | BE PUSHED BY "SENATE 6, 0. P Motion Adopted in Conference to Place it Second on’ { Washington, Jan. 18.—Decision to press first the alifed debt re- fanding’ bid and next a soldiers’ ; bonus bill was reached today. by | Republican senators in the first conference of this session of Congress. A second conierence was, called for tomorrow to dis- Opposition to a soldiers’ bonus pill was presented but it was announced that the motion to place this legisla- tion second of the list was carried by “a large majority.” It wag reported that the vote in fa- vor of passing a bonus bill was 31 to 2 with several opponents of such legis- lation withholding their vote. While the cenmference did not approve the! A ispend for needed improvements on The List {the humble farm house he occupies cuss details of the two measures. | when he became of age. is kept secret at his request to pur-! pending bill, some Republican leaders | chase $200,000 of warrants at 3 Der | said tke measure to be paaeed ‘undoubt- | cent discount. iedly would follow the general prin- The agreement followed submission | ciple of the measure now before the Propositions to purchase the war-' finance committee. ; _Yantd by ja ‘half dozen Twin City and! [t was announced that there was no eastern financial concerns. After 8! division on the motion of Senator Mc- long conference . between Governor Cumber of the finance committee that Nestos and Attorney General Johnson! it be the sense of the conference that of the Industrial Commission, and| the allied debt refunding bill be taken Commissioner of Insurance S. A. Ols-/up in the Senate and disposed of, Sen- ness, the two propositions above nam- jlator McCumber also offered the mo- ed were accepted as the best submit-|tion that upon the passage of this | ted. Hi irene the senate take up the bonus} To Pay Par in June, The Minnesota Loan and Trust Company’s offer was to lessen the dis- count rate at 1-2 per cent each month after February, so that by June they would pay 100 cents on the dollar for the warants. It was stated, how- ever, that the company would not take warrants after June 15. Farmers have sold 1921 hail war- rants at discounts ranging as high as 20' per cent.’ Negotiations were} begun recently by the state admin-| istration with a view to reducing this discount which Governor Nestos de- clared was far more than the farm- ers should be called upon to pay. Since it was/announced these. negoti- ations were wnder way the ‘discount: rate had fallen to 5 per cent. H Farmers who wish to immediately obtain cash for warrants will be able to sell them at 97 (total amount not to exceed $200,000), these warrants to be assembled in the farm loan depart- ment of the Bank of North Dakota for delivery to the un-named North Dakota purchaser. The plan to handle the sales to the RQUITY PLANT ‘TOBE MANAGED BY NEW BOARD Entire New Board of Directors) Is Elected at Fargo | { | Fargo, Jan..18--The Tri-State Grain Growers convention proper opened here this afternoon with discussions of economic agricultural production by Rex &, Willard, farm economist! of the North Dakota Agricultura] Col- lege, and Jchn Bracken, president of | the Manitoba Agricultural College. Other farm organizations which are | hbelding sessions today in conjunction jmitted to the people of the state,, BABY ALTERS VIEW OF MAN WHO SPURNED MILLIONS | {By NEA Service. Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., Jan. 18.—Baby | | hands. | They’ve swayed ‘the idealistic de-| ” termination of Charles Garland, whoj } several months ago refused a $1,000,- | {000 legacy from his father, James A. | ; Garland, on the ground he was not | entitled to money he did not earn, | Now Garland has revised his de- | cision. ' And all because a baby daughter has been born to his wife in a-Bos- ton hospital. , Garland will take the legacy—but | not for himself. One-third of it he'll} settle on his wife and baby, though} he and his wife have separated. Takes Only $500. Five hundred dollars he’ll take to | | i ! here on the land he tills with his own hands. The rest he'll distribute among 10 friends. They'll spend it to do good, he’s convinced. When Charles Garland refused his | share of tht estate, his brother, Ham-/ ilton, a Harvard student, announced ; he would likewise refuse his share); But now Hamilton, too, is said to have changed his belief and probably ; will accept the $1,000,000, though he} won't tell why. Charles Garland is 22. He wears the sheepskin coat and other rough working attire of the farmer. He sits at a frugal table. “Christ would not have consented | \ to become a millionaire,” he says, “so why should I.” OFFICERS ARE | REELECTED BY | “HIGHWAY BODY Good Roads Association Closes Annual Meeting with Ban- quet at McKenzie AMENDMENT ADOPTED | i Delegates to the convention of the; North Dakota Good Roads Associa-: tion which closed its annual meeting ; here last night, unanimously adopted ; the legislative committee’s report that | a constitutional amendment be sub-| MRS. CHARLES GARLAND, HER; , the people of tne way; |HUSBAND AND THE CAPE COD ee ee Serer Seat’ to county (COTTAGE IN WI ICH GARLAND IS seat basis with revenues for state | LIVING. ccnstruction of roads provided by motor vehicle, motor fueel taxes and other, funds which may become avail- NEW STORE T0 | le.. : i : fhe association also endorsed two} : OPEN INCITY | proposed for consideration of the legislature, one to provide for a non- politically appointed highway com- 'GIRL’S FATHER WITNESS jout of 48 men on the panel had been ‘the box who had been passed for ‘cause, but the state retained the priv-j| ; used, ’ TRY 10 SPEED SELECTION OF Effort to Find Satisfac- tory Jurors States Attorney to Use Father of Marie Wick as One of First Witnesses Valley City, Jan. 18.—Thirty-one | examined up to noon adjournment to- day in an effort to obtain the jury that will try William Gummer on. the charge of murdering Miss Marie Wick in the Prescott hotel on June 7 last} There were 12 prospective jurymen in ilege of using four peremptory chal- lenges while the defense had 14 per- emptory .challenges remaining un- i b] f; mony today in the second manslaugh- | ter trial of Roscoe Arbuckle in Super- jior court here. State to Study List of Excuses in! ‘PRICE FIVE CENTS PUT EXPERTS ON ib POT WITNESS STAND Us 9. ASKS FOR “OPEN DOOR” IN [reversal of the teat arbuclte trial in| CHINESE TRADE Ithat District Attorney Matthew Brady j istarted out with medical testimony. | Methods Proposed to More Ef- fectually provide for Policy GOVERNOR ASKS. “se ¢ ARE IN RO AD a a EXPENDITURES Would Bind Powers To Not.Seek Special Spheres of Influ- ence in China Tells Good Roads Men That Fi-| nancial Conditions Should Govern Us Now San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 18—F, X.| Latulip, police department diagram ex- ‘pert, was ready to resume his testi- Washington, Jan. 18,—(By the Associated Press)—The American Proposal to re-define the open door poiley in China and to create a en international pean to examine oth existing and future conces- RAPS FEDERAL PLANS sions which appear to conflict j With it was adopted in part today a ' by the Far Easter Says that Complaints Made U. the Washington conleeeneae S. Plan Cost Too Much for Washington, Jan, 18—(By the A. P.) $5 ;7~EXtended discussion of the Ameri- Engineering jean proposal “to apply more effectu- {ally” the principle of the open door in Court recessed a few minutes be-| fore 12 o’clock when States Attorney William C, Green advised Judge Cooley that in view of the fact that the state had only a few challenges remaining he would ask that the state be given an oppcrtunity thig noon to study the |list of talesmen already passed for cause, The court room this morning was not filled, many chairs being vacant. When the work of obtaining the jury (Continued on Page 3) LANGER’S LIBEL SUIT IS ENDED; PAPER RECANTS Courier-News Says That Cam- paign Charges Against Him Not Justified Fargo, Jan. 18—The Fargo Cour- fer-News has ended the libel suit brought against it by former Attor- hey General William Langer by mak- ing a retraction of the charges. “A suit for $50,000 had been filed by Lan- ger and was to he heard in Richland county this week. A stipulation was entered’ into. be- tween Langer ard attorneys ‘for the Nonpartisan League executive com- mittee, it was stated, whereby the case was settled out ‘of court. Counseling a curtailment of con- struction for one or two seasons i the building of roads in North Dakota, Governor R. A, Nestos spoke to the convention pf the North Dakota Good. Roads Association here last night. In China was in prospect today when the Far Bastern committee of the armament conference met to resume consideration of the subject. The proposal has been given the ap- Proval of the British delegation “2s it stands” while the delegates of italy his address the Governor touched up- on the high cost of plans and super- vision and suggested that time be spent in searching for methods which would give the state road construc- tion with minimum amount of money spent in overhead and maximum amount of money spent in efficiently moving dirt and spreading gravel. “All people agree as to the need of good ?oads,” the Governor told the friends of the roads movement at the end of the annual dinner. “Any per- son who drives for a stretch of poor roads onto a properly constructed highway will be as loud in his con- neve announced adherence in princi- ,, rhe resolution, briefly, would bind the represented powers not to. seek special spheres of influence in. China nor procure concessions of equal mcon- opolies which would abridge the prin- ciple of equal economic and commer- cial opportunity, while China on her part would undertake to cooperate in maintaining that equal opportunity. The Shantung negotiations mean- time were continued today by the Jap- anese and Chinese delegates while completion of the, naval-treaty still awaited a solution of the Pacific for- ido the work, and pay. the cost of get- of no county, state or country in which | tifications problem despite receipt by the Japanese of partal ins fro eis Pp instructions PAVE WAY FOR ‘DIRT FARMER ON U.S. BOARD to Permit Action by the President demnation of the former as in his praise of the latter. It is not a ques- tion, therefore, whether we want good roads, but whether we are willing to ting a system of good roads. “So much needs to be done in this field, however, and the cost is neces- | sarily so great, that many a taxpayer | is appalled at the prospect, but I know | they have constructed economically a} system of good roads where any man desires to go back to the days of the steep grades and the mud holes. The) telephone and electric lights cost! money, ‘but. where. is the man who. af- tera year’s use of them willingly re-| turns to a life without the pleasure and service they bring. Poor Ones Cost More 7 “It ig also becoming more and more} race ——— apparent that while it costs to build foe ee oan 18—It remained a good road, it costs more in the long nent of the bill Rete ee The statement said in part: ia B money has been wasted on the con- nate ear a the Courier-| struction and maintenance of roads aa ves that a newspaper | that failed to meet the requirements should publish what it believes to be! oe proper: highway construction, and t run to keep on using a poor one. Much jto give the farmer representation on ithe Federal Reserve Board. The Kel- logg-Smith compromise bill increas- ing the appointive membership of the ; board from five to six and providing 1 with the Grain Growers include the ! mission with enlarged powers and the; Nerth Dakota Seed Growers’ Associa- | other providing for a readjustment of | ; tion, North Dakota Shorthorn Breed: | motor vehicle taxes. \ | | ers’ Association, Poultry Breeders’ | Officers Reclected 'the truth. t ‘Scaociation, and the Cass County| Aji officers of the association were this ae oe moe tits Melty or more!nence were in miserable construction | that the Agricultural interests shall Farm Bureau. \yeelected at the business meeting «| lished De iensuen tate issue pub-/ half of the time, and when in addi-|have a spokesman among them was Stockholders of the Equity Coopera- | Which followed a banquet at the Mc-|C-R. Robertson to Install Ladies’; everely reflecting! tion to this we figure the cost in’ approved by the senate late yesterday smaller loads, in loss of time and by a vote cf 63 to 9, the opposition tive Packing Plant after a tour-hour ‘ ; 3 upon the personal, professional and ig Kenzie hotel, at which Governor R. A.|_ Wear Store in Former John- Ea ete ee nate, aracleclnd ects ee ahs aera Minnesota Loan and Trust Company, “when legal requirements are com- pleted, is as follows: Warrants will . ‘be delivered, probably to the Indus- strial Commission, The Industrial official integrity of Hon. William Lan- hectic session last night’ resumed In those articles Mr. Commission will deposit the warrants with the state treasurer and issue debenture in $50,000 and $100,000 amounts, which the Minnesota Loan and Trust Company will purchase at 2 per cent discount, the farmer then receiving the amount of his hail war- Yant, less 2 per cent. The trust company agrees to pay| all expenseési:of printing debentures, 4nd other expense of handling out of; the 2 per cent discount, 1s was said./ Nestos Is Pleased. The 1920 hail warrants, some of which are unpaid, are not included in: the agreement as the administration! believes that all will be retired with payment of taxes in the spring. The 1921 hail warrants may run’ for aj) year or more. Governor Nestos said today he he- lieved that the agreement was an ex-| ceptionally good one for farmer's: \ “When I discovered shortly after taking office, that discounts from 10 to 20 per cent was demanded on these! warrants, I felt that it was an out- rage and since that time have been conferring with half a dozen different firancial institutions to have them| take these warrants, or debentures} based upon them for near par,” the; governor said. “The offer we have just had from! a financier of our state to purchase $200,000 of warrants at 97 per cent! of the face value is the best offer we) have had on the warrants themselves. | “The offer of the Minnesota Loan ani Trust Company ‘to handle the war- rants after February first at 98 per; cent of face value in exchange for the} state debentures at par is the best debenture offer we have had as a re-} sult of this selling campaign, and the; settling of a number of questions of; law and procedure we will be in ex- cellent shape to handle all future is-) sues of hail warrants with the chance} that they may then be handled at par.” i Attorney General Johnson went} thoroughly into the legal phases of | ing for the warrants, and his opinion satisfied them on many points. Mr. Johnson plans to clear up all legal points that might be raised in con- rection with the hail warrants in the future, so that a future stable mar- ket can be created for them. penescates (eh 2S MAN HELD FOR ROBBERY Jamestown, 'N. D., Jan. 18—John McCloskey, arraigned in justice court ling funds to retire outstanding liabil- {withdrawn may be a difficult time in their meeting this morning and select- ed a new beard of directors. Differences which were in evi- dence last night at the opening ses- sion had disappeared today and an en- tire harmony prevaiied, i An entire new board of directors | headed by C, W. Reichert of Carring- ton, issued an additonal certificate of indebtedness for the purpose of rais-! ites amounting to approximately $160,- | 000 and to raise capital for re-opening | of the plant. The hoard of directors | will select 0! 5 at a later date. Nestos spoke. Officers reslecied are: President—I. J. Moe, Valley City. | son Bros. Store First Vice-President—F. W. Mees, Mandan. \ | Second Vice-President — N. B.). : ‘ f Black, Fargo. : {in business in Mandan and first presi- Treasurer—J. L. Bell, Bismarck. j dent of the Mandan Rotary club, will ae taunt Diekineane at! establish a ladies’ wear store in Bis- Will E. Holbein was reappointed | Marck in the building formerly oc- secretary and one director for each | cupied by Johnson Brothers, it was ee huiee nated (or Biante ol ey ac ncae wea meets yers y oe Sevan 4 . i i ciation included one urying creation | deredsaudeare: on thsleaWay, and the C. R. Robertson, formerly engaged UNREST OVER $0, IRELAND Next Few Weeks May Be Trying | Time, Correspondent Says | London, Jan. 18—(By the Associat- ed Press)—Unrest prevails in south- ern Irleland, says the Dublin Corre- spondent of the London Times, who intimates ,that followers of Eamonn DeValera may be engaged in stimulat- ing disturbances. __ | “The spirit of extreme Republican- | ism,” the correspondent declares, “‘still | flames in the south where large bodies | treaty between Ireland and Great; Britain. There has been an epidemic of robberies and other crimes of vio-; lence in Dublin and jn-rural districts | which demand strong measures by the | government. The whole country will heartily support the provision of the | Irish government in any measure tak- | to establish order but the next few | weeks while English forces are being | Treland.” SCHOOL NURSE QUITS. resigned. AMERICA PAYS ITALY TRIBUTE Rome, Jan. 18.—(By the Asso- ciated Press.)—America today and maintenance of state -parks ini ms scenic places in North Dakota and; business will be opened as soon’ as! urging congress . to appropriate | Possible, it was stated. a A $100,000 a year for five years for| a We have leased the building occu- highway aid. | pied by the Johnson Brothers, and Urge County Superintendent | will open a very good store for the Other resolutions included: | retailing of women’s wear,” Mr. Rob-| Reaffirmed non-political character) ertscn said. “New improvements will of association. |be made in the windows, our interior ger. Langer was characterized as a crook, grafter|of the poor road becomes enormous, and traitor to the farmers and work-'and this condition on the country roads ers of North Dakota and a corrupt|has been one of the chief contributing tool of “big business.” These charges | causes in driving the growing genera were emphasized in our editorials|tion away from the country and into and We played him up in that char- | thei city.” acter in our news items and stories! After showing that the ideal was a and our cartoonists so portrayed him.|system of roads connecting important Mr. Langer, knowing that the state-|centers with local roads connecting ments pub,ished concerning him wer | communities into social, educational false, sued us for libel. He was fair.|and religious centers, the Governor He first asked us to retract. Instead continued: ; “ t of retracting we assaulted him worse ‘But whether these roads are buill than before. Mr. Langer then com-|Y, Federal and State aid or the money lamages. R ! “ ‘to the people of our country, especially i The hew management of the Cours | during these times of financial stress, cet inheriting: this lawsuit a3/anq that is to construct these roads it did, has made a’ thorough investi-/a5 gconomically as possible, and to gation’ and has come to the conclu- map out the program and do the sion that Mr. Langer had been un-|work in such a way as to make the Urged special state and federal reg-| fixtures are very tasty bnd effective. ulations’ to permit counties: in south-| They will be enameled in a light; western North Dakota to avail them-| shade of tan, trimmed: with brass fix-| pvebar a ey ines tera The entire room will be ae | way superintendents and maintetianiee| ote ina; Delftshine,, Wilton velvet! f ds, prefer bl b trol ) carpet and the store will be provided t roads, preferably by patrol Sys-\ with ample space for fitting rooms Regretted death of John P. Lamb, tdnd alteration conyentences: feat ali & Piees ae | “We haven't any tricks to’ play. We! ot Nelson county, director in assocla-| ore not at all desirous of taking any ‘business away from. the present: re-| {these charges in detail in this retrac- fairly, unjustly and scandalously| tax burden of our people as light as dealt with. We investigated the) possible and still secure the desired charges against him in full, item by| results. item, and we are pleased to take up| “Our road program should be such as to put into road building the busi- tion.” ness principles employed in every suc- Among the charges made was that cessful public and private enterprise of Langer’s fight for Miss Minnie Niel-|corresponding importance. son was at the behest of “Big Busi “There has been considerable com- ness,” politicians and the “book plaint of the high cost of the pro- trust.” {jects built by Federal aid. commissioners have told me that the County | jon. Urged that “county commissioners tailers of the city, but by the addi-! f armed men refuse to accept the | Carson, N. D., Jan. 18.—Miss Bertha | Bottineau, George Sidener, Lansford; i "| Nelson, public health nurse of Grant | Bowman, Wm. E. the question with the firms negotiat | county for the last eight months, has | rovide trained and co! nt sup: j Uevision of usintonanee. of highways | t100 of our shop to Bismarck indus- not included in a state highway sys-| tries, we hope to, do our part in build- m. jing a stronger market by which the The resolution relating to establish-| city of Bismarck can attract more} ment of parks called attention to the! shoppers from the territory which it) fact that North Dakota has many; logically serves.” { beauty spots which are not appreciat-| Mr. Robertson expects to open the ed sujciently by her own people or | Bismarck store about Feb. 15. He is tourists. i leaving on a three weeks’ buying trip} Seventy-five persons attended the!to New York for his new store here. banguet at the McKenzie hotel, at} which Governor Nestos smoke. “' "COMMISSIONERS ‘Adams, Ira T. Hall, Hettinger; | ARE MEETING | IN JAMESTOWN | Barnes, Frank Heines, Valley City; | ‘Benson, Geo. Dickinson, Brinsmade; | Billings, Wm. McCarthy, Medora; | Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 18—County commissioners from various parts of the state are here today for the an- nual session cf the commissioners’ association. The meeting opened this Dyer, Marmarth; Burke, John Moore, Bowbells; Bur- leigh, Phil Meyers, Bismarck; Cass, | Morton Page, Fargo; Cavalier, ‘A. SEEK HEATING | Official Sparling, Langdon; Dickey, Fred Ing- ‘sted, Oakes: Divide, C. J. Clark, Cros- by; Dunn, W. N. Winner, Halliday; Eddy, L. L. Russell, New Rockford; morning with an address of welcome from Mayor Rathman, with response | by J.iR. Pourpore and remarks by An. drew Haas, secretary of the James: | Emmons, Dr. W. C. Wolverton, Lin- vn Chamber of C a. |ton; Foster, W. T. N. Thornhill, Car- LO Noe oe eabe kts This afternoon committees were to} +, complete financing of a new heat- | |rington; Golden Valley, J. P. Smith, paid tribute to the Itallan “un- known soldier” who sevs be- here, was bound over to district court to answer the charge of nobbing the safe in the H. P. Taylor plumbing shop here. McCloskey was released in custody of ‘Sheriff Dana Wrigley to obtain a $500 bond. neath the nation’s shrine in this elty, American soldiers partici- pated, in the ceremonies incident to tlie bestowal of the Congres- ‘sional medal of honor upon the Beach: Grand Forks, E. R. Montgom- ery, Grand Forks; Grant, 0. ‘D. \Sprecher, New Leipzig; Griggs, W. /P. Hammer, Cooperstown; Hettinger, | F. G. Orr, Mott; Kidder, J. K. Marsh, Steele; LaMoure, Hugh Murphy, Edgeley; Logan, R. L. Washburn, Na- Ttalian warrior. (Continued on Page 7) be appointed, delegates were to hear} an addrss by I. J. ‘Moe, vresident of the North Dakota Good Roads Asso- ciation; E. F. James, assistant chief | engineer, bureau of public Washington, D. C.; E, A. Hathaway, Other charges included statements about the Bank of North Dakota, mileage books, Minot raid, extrava- gance of Langer in office, Bowen mur-| der case, the Scandinavian-American ; bark case, that Langer sold out: in; the grain trading-case, and a letter published in the Courfer-News by) Lemke stating he was investigating | charges that Langer defrauded a| widow, PLANT FUND Board of Methodist; Church Holds Meeting | The official board of the McCabe Methodist Episcopal church, meeting last night, decided to make a cam-| paign this week to raise $1,000 needed | ing plant for the church. It is hoped to raise this amount by Saturday night. gons, automobiles and trucks, the cost ; Democrats. | Wiping out ‘by amendment the | Clauses iof the Federal Reserve Act | providing specifically for the naming ;of two bankers to the board the bill would substitute a provision directing the president in making tho appoint- ; ment to have “due regard to a fair representation of the financial, agri- cultural, industrial and. commercial interests and geographical divisions of the country.” { Bio bret POTATO MEN'TO | AIR GRIEVANCE |Minnesota Man to Defend Action of Body Fargo, Jan. 18—Alleged grievances ;of North Dakota Potato Shippers ‘against the Minnesota Potato Ex- change will be aired at a meeting of the North Dakota Potato Growers’ Association here tonight. At that time jthe committee of five appointed by. President John Lee Coulter of the North Dakota Agricultural College and which has been in the Twin Cities investigating state 1 i complaints of ‘neering and road building problems | Federal method of road construction shippers that they hav is so expensive that they have found of dollars ihrbuee reelected it advisable to build their roads with- | Minnesota organization will be made. out this aid and that they have saved! A Ammat of the Minnesota Potato enough by using methods of construc-| Exchange arrived today and will be tion adapted to North Dakota condi- | at tonight’s meeting to defend his or- tions, so not to miss the absence | ganization. ‘ of Federal aid. It is claimed that the department as rt akon ution’ DISTRICT COURT JURY GIVES $891 orado, the forests of Michigan, and | TO McKENZIE MAN the level prairies of North Dakota and|_ A jury in district court awarded C. that toc much cf the cost of our North | T. Bratton $891.50 in his suit against Dakota projects goes into blue-prints,| W. G. Hoerr, of Mankato} Minn. The engineering and supervision. | plaintiff asked for $1.300 for labor said “These complaints come from many |to have been rendered on Hoerr’s farm between territories like the swamps of; North Carolina, the mountains of Col- | ‘quarters, and in such large numbers | Near McKenzie. as to indicate that there must be at/ In the suit of Howard A. Thomas least a measure of justification and a |vs. Martin T. Olson, the defendant re- real grievance. If this be the case,/covered $28 on a counter-claim, the a thorough investigation ought to be| suit being over sales and labor be- There has been $2,- corrected. roads, | 000 subscribed thus far. The cost of installing the new heat- | and the high taxes burdening our peo- | decision of the reparation commission |ing plant and a few other changes in ple, I believe it would be wisdom to} at Cannes, providing of such payment curtail the road building program for|every ten days ending a decision on made for the purpose of discovering | if it would not be possible to provide | a system of road construction for pra-| irie states like North Dakota where} the cost of the blue prints, engineer-| ing and supervision and blue prints; would not approach the cost of mov- ing the dirt. This can and must be} In view of the present) financial conditions of the Northwest, district engineer, St. Paul, Minn. Governor Nestos is the leading|the basement of the church is esti- speaker on the program tomorrow. | mated at about $3,000. | (Continued on Page 7) tween them, GERMANY MAKES “FIRST PAYMENT | Paris, Jan. 18—(By the Associated Press)—Germany made her first pay- ment today of the thirty-one million gold marks in accordance with recent the reparation issue,