The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1922, Page 1

‘The Weather ., Generally Falr HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [Le] FORTIETH YEAR SLAIN GIRL’S _ MUST BEREDUCED, GOV. NESTOS TELLS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS i Taxes Have Increased During The Past Five Years From 56% to 117 6/10 Percent IT’S UP TO COMMISSIONERS They Are In a Position To Speak For and Also Speak To Citi- zens of The State Jamestown, N. D,, Jan. 19—Tax burdens of the people of North Da- kota must be reduced, Governor R. A. Nestos told the County Commission- ers of the state in their annual ses- sion here’today. Increase in the gen- ; eral taxes for the five years preced- t ihe and jincluding 1920 had been frém 56°14 tio 117 6-10 per cent the dovernor declared and ‘the tax burden has reached the point where economy must be practiced “if it is to become possible for the people to continue living, working and raising their fam- ilies here,” “By law, you superintend the fiscal affairs of your respective counties | and ds such have the handling of/ much: property, large funds, and a! very important public business,” Gov- | ernor Nestos told the commissioners | after his greeting. ‘With the experi- ence that most of: you have had in dealing with the problems confront: | ing the county commissioners, in rais-| funds of a! ing and expending the i not: county, you realize 1 am sure, only tne importance, but the difficulty of handling the public business, in-! trusted to your care, economically and | well, Governor Speaks Plain English BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 722 PRICE FIVE CENTS MOTOR BUS ON N. D. RAILROADS IS CONSIDERED Fargo, Jan, 19—Improved addi- tlonal rail transportation service by the. inauguration of passenger cars on the ‘Northern Pacific and Great Northern was considered at a conferenie here today of repre- sentatives of the passenger de- partment of both roads and retail business men and bankers of Fargo. The plan proposes installation of a gasoline motor bus to operate daily from New Rockford to Fargo and from Devils Lake to Fargo, on the Great Northern; Marion to Fargo and Edgeley to Fargo on™ the Northern Pacific. The purpose of such gasoline motor service is to enable the pas- senger trade from all towns to transact thelr business in Fargo within a day. HEARINGS ARE_ eve SAYS WAT’RWAY charges preferred by the clean court | Former Gov. Harding of Iowa committee against the confirmation of Andrw Miller to be United States dis- ; Talks at Tri-State Grain Growers Meeting ‘MILLER REPORT WILL BE MADE 10 COMMITTEE Sub-commitee to Submit Matter to Full Judiciary Commit- | tee Next Monday trict judge for North Dakota, expect | to make a report to the full committee | at its meeting next Monday. The members of the committee, it! was said today, will consider any af- fidavits which may be submitted this week either by the opponents or sup- — porters of Mr. Miller but no further; Fargo, Jan. 19.—Wheat producers of — cents a bushel more for their grain as a reault of an 18-cent saving in trans- portation costs in shipping to Liver- pool provided the Great Lakes-St- y Lawrence Deep Waterways project is ict judge | pushea tc completion, former Govern- Washington, Jan. 19—(By the Asso- ciated Press)—The clean court com- mittee of North Dakota which is op- } posing the nomination of Androw Mil- ler to be United States distri {for that state, is understood to have |or W, L. Harding, of Iowa, told the; that fire had been discovered in the requested investigation of his citizen- | Tri-State Grain Growers’ convention in ship’at today’s session of the hearing | session here today. by the senate judiciary sub-committee | Good and better roads, improvement which is considering the nomination. | of facilities for the economic distrib- “As la body, you represent, pretty well the aggregate public business of | the state, and you are in a position to speak for and also to speak to, a jJarge proportion of the citizenship of our state. It is to you, therefore, as representatives of the people of tho state, in close and constant touch with the taxpayers in your counties, that I desire to speak today on some of the problems confronting us—con- fronting the state as a whole and also the different counties and local politi-; cal sub-divisions of the state. { “‘here is usually a great deal of talk about economy and then very lit- tle done in-actual practice; but Iam sure that you realize that the situa- tion is such now that we need to prac- tice as well as talk, and to exercise a rigid economy in all the business af- fairs of our state, counties and local Political sub-divisions. I presume that you are familiar with the figures and that you realize that from 1916 to 1920 inclusive, the total goneral .pro- perty. taxes levied, increased as fol- lows: State .. County . . City, Town, Village. ‘township . 66.25 per cent School .. .-117.60 per cent Increases Too Large “The figures for 1921 are not yet availavle but you know that these will show still further increases, and would have made. the percentages still la:ger. ‘snese-are the increases in general property taxes only and we have in addition for state purposes all the special taxes that have been im- posed in recent years, such as on au- tomobiles, oil;-etc, and three cent hail taxii Botitheblocal sub-divisions, we have aisoithe special assessments of every kind, character and description. 1 do not suppose there is a person present but feels that this increase is | jJarger than it ought to be, and that | we must discover some method of cur- tailing the cost of administering the public business of our state, and the various subdivisions thereof. We must, however, also realize that to go «103.70 per cent 67.30 per cent 75.00 per cent back to the levies and expenditures j; of: 1916 and before would be impos- sible. There dre more duties imposed upon the public officials, and more public business intrusted to them than ever before, and the people who have intrusted this business to these of- ficials have a right to expect and do expect that it will be looked after ef- ficiently and economically. To make such reductions in the levies or ex-} OPEN IN CITY ferent lines of public business. { penditures as will destroy or seriously cripple the public service would be a serious mistake. There must be enough money provided to secure the successful management of these’ dif- the World. ‘Counsel for the clean court com- At Ss ution of farm products and means by mittee are stid to have stated that Mr. | which general marketing conditions Miller was born in Denmark and that | 2 no record could be found that he or] would ve betieriwere among subjects his parents had been naturalized. , eerie by authorities at today's While yesterday's meeting, like a wae « A those preceding, was held behind clos-{_ Besides Governor Harding other ed doors, it is understood that addi. | 2'incipal speakers who addressed the tional ‘charges were filed against the Cony ation at the afternoon session nomines by the clean court commit- i were C B. Crandall, Randolph, Mina,, tee. These are said to have included |9ud_ W. G. aCrtright, of the United the allegation that he was instrumen- | Gain Growers, Winnipeg; P. M, Mc- tal, with the assistance of Willian| Garry, Walker, Minn., and J. J. Mur- Lemke, former attorney general of | Phy. Pierre, S. D., spoke at the-morn- North Dakota, in obtaining a modifica- , in session. tion of the state inspection laws| “Figures show the average Ameri- while. representing the Standard--Oj1,canfarmer: has 1,100 mile haul to: get Co. In this incident it is said to -have | his products to market as compared been charged that Mr. Miller advanc-! with an average of 200 miles of his ed $30,000 for defraying certain expen- | foreign competitor,” Mr. Harding ditures of the state legislators called | said in discussing the Great Lake-St in special session to amend the law,| awrence waterway proj i 'y project. the sub-committee was requested to| “what is th, luti - Subpoena two representatives of the ati le solution to this. sttu- oil company alleged to have been fa- ation. Use of facilities which nature miliar with the transaction. hag furnished-water. Under ordinary Senator Ladd, Republican, North | handled five to six miles on water at Dakota, who was connected with the | Condition a ton of freight can be the same cost of one mile by rail.” ADMITS THEFT nave discussed these charges at the request of the sub-committee. He is Stole Mail Pouch Said To Con- tain $500,000 said to have asserted that amendment of the law was widely favored in the state at any time and that no impro- priety attached to Mr. Miller for rep- resenting the oil company. He told the sub-committee, it is understood, that the money referred to in the charges was owing to the state by the company and that appeal was made to Mr. Miller to have its payment ex- ‘Pedited to meet an extraordinary sit- uation in which no funds were avail- able with which to pay the ‘legislators. : It is ‘also understood that the clean | court committee renewed its charges. | already denied, that Mr. Miller had} been affiliated with the Nonpartisan} League and the Industrial Workers of | Elkhart, Ind.. Jan, £9—Dan Ingram, 28, truckman employed by ‘the New York Central railroad today confess- ed to stealing the mail pouch here yesterday said unofficially to contain $500,000. ; Ingram said, ‘according to police, ; that he and George BE. Scruggs, a Miller's Statemefit Andrew Miller in a formal state-'and that Ingram placed the mail truck ment ‘declared “that the prosecution|at a certain ‘place. has utterly failed in every respect ¢0' stole the pouch, according to Ingram. substantiate a single charge,” and as-| They agreed to split the loot, Ingram serted: “The slate is wiped entirely; said, but disclaimed knowledge as to pean ovules Saas him. | what Scruggs did with the pouch. position to his confirmation was: as KA i Cus! y. Political, he asserted, and made with ppernege has bree Se aed “hope only to delay my appointment; (Continued on Page 6), i ANIDON NAMED NEW STORE T0 Chicago, Jan. 19.—Additions to the National Advisory Council of Ameri- can committee for Russian famine re- ‘Citizens Approve Economy Program “During these’ weeks, when I Bare been writing some of you about the resyionsibility and practicability of re- ducing expenses and levies, I have been approached and written to by a number of people who are interested in special institutions or lines. of the public business. Without exception, they approve of the program of econ- my and express a conviction that it must be carried out if it is to become possible for the people to continue liv- -ing, working and raising their famil- ies here. But usually they express a fear that most of the cut is going to come in the field where they are in- terested and some even go so far as to insist that, while expenses must be re- duced, that it must not be done in the particular field where they are inter- ested. Without exception I have, told these people that this is a case where all departments of the public business and all political subdivisions, as well ‘as the state itself, will have to bear its share of the burden. I am sure that there is no sub-division and no department of the public business that will enjoy having its revenue curtail- ed, but when the need is great wo must all be willing to bear the incon- venience, and, if need be, suffering en- tajled by the cutting off of a lot of these appropriations, and curtailment of expenses. We should, however, be (Continued on Page 7) ‘lief made public today included Judge C. F. Amidon of Fargo. { State and local organizationg are be- ‘ing perfected, it was announced, to {make an appeal to the people of the middle western states for help for the starving in the Volga valley. R. P. Lewis of Fargo to Estab- lish Grocery Business A new store will be opened in Bis- marck by the R. P. Lewis Company of | Fargo in the near future. | The store building on Fourth street, | between Lucas and- Company and Brown and Jones, which is owned by| ‘ol. C. B. Little, has been rented by} q Mr. Lewis, who, it is understood, will msteut yesterday o establish a, grocery and coffee store. | Lowest yesterday The store building now is being re-} Lowest last night modeled. A new store front will be!Precipitation .... built in the spring. | Highest wind velocity . peseitd hae, i Weather Forecast WEATHER REPORT _ For twenty-four hours ending at nocn January 19, 1922. +, 02 .20-SW For Bismarck and Vicinity: Pnob- ee RITES [ably snow tonight and Friday: sine BE TOMORROW. emperatures tonight; colde: . For North Dakota: Probably snow ~ tonight and Friday; rising temper- Funeral services for Ira Lee Scrog-,ature tonight; colder in west and gin, who passed away at his home; north portions Friday. here Tuesday night, will be held Fri-! Weather Conditions day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the!’ The western high pressure area has First Presbyterian church. Rev. yi increased in intensity and sub-zero C. Postlethwaite will officiate. jTeadings have resulted over the Pla The body of Mr. Scroggin will lie| ‘24 and Rocky Mountain regions and in state at the Perry Undertakin |Teaching eastward to Minnesota and © ht %\Jowa. Light snow has fallen from the parlors from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. to-| plains States eastward over the Lake morrow, and may be viewed by friends region. A low pressure area over the | f ‘Canadian Northwest has resulted in) relatively high temperature yesterday | Hays said. jbut so far as is known serious |. of the deceased. Interment will be in Fairview cem-|rising temperature in Montana and etery. jean Dakota. poral hearings will be held. jthe Northwest will receive from 8 to 12'| | white man, plotted to steal the bag; Scruggs then} ON COMMITTEE FIRE DESTROYS / GOLDEN VALLEY $75,000 Occasioned by Early Morning Fire GENERAL STORE BURNS, Fire Believed to Have Started! From Defective Furnace Pipe in Store (Speciol to The Tribune.) Golden Valley, N. D., Jan. 19.—All the buildings in one block were de- stroyed by fire which started about, 4:30 o'clock this morning, with heavy loss. The fire was discovered in the base- ment of Ben Halpern department store |starting, it is believed, from defec- tive furnace pipes. The fire spread | rapidly, destroying the entire bu'ld-| ing in which the store was located and the residence of Mr. Halpern, | | who was. not at home. { i The fire also destroyed the ‘frame ‘ puilding occupied by the William New- | man machine shop and the Motor Inn !garage. Autos in the garage were lgaved’ Efforts at fighting the flames proved ineffectual and the entire | block was destroyed. } B. Halpern, owner of the Halpern Department Store cf Golden Valley, ! received a call about 5:30 o'clock this morning from Golden Valley tating ‘basement of the store. “At 7 v7" * ‘another call said that the entire bus- |iness plock had been destroyeu vy Lure. Mr, Halpern came to Bismarck a few. days ago for dental and medical treatment. His family is visiting in Minneapolis. The Halpern store faced on Main street in Golden Valley. It was ina two-story frame block, covered with galvanized iron. A part of the building vag partitioned off as the residence of the Halperns and roomers occupied second story rgoms. ! Mr. Halpern said he could not esti- mate the Tess accurately. It is prob- able the loss will be $50,000 to $60,000. The ioss is only partly covered by in- surance, Mr, Halpern said, Other: buildings) which .burned,..ac- cording to the message received by Mr. Halpern, were the William New- man implement store, and Motor Inn garage. DIRECT LOANS — TO COOP FIRMS - T0 BE DENIED Must Go Through Regular Chan- nels, Says War Finance Director Co-operative elevator companies ‘in Minnesota and other northwestern states cdnnot obtain direct loans from the Waf Finance corporation under the Kellogg act unless they come to. Washington with warehouse. certifi- sates. This was the jnformation given by Eugene Meyer, director of the cor- poration, to a delegation composed of} Representatives Frank Clngue, ,A. Jet Volstead and Harold Kniftson of Min- | nesota, and George M. Young, 0. B.} Burtness and J. H,Sinclair of North Dakota, according to a special dis- patch to the Minneapolis Journal. The northwestern members: stated ; that under their interpretation of the, law, cooperative associations could! borrow directly from the War Finance; ‘corporation. The corporation had re- | fused such loans, directing the appli-; cantg to proceed through their local | banks and the regional loan commit-! tee. ° Representative Clague cited an in-| stance of a loan of $25,000 upon which | payment was demanded by a Minne- 'apolis pank at maturity. An attempt was made to obtain money through) the local bank, but that bank was not; in position to accommddate the bor-| rower, | “With this situation,” Mr, Clague | said, “our farmers will be obliged to sell their stock unless the co-opera-; tives are given relief.” Director Meyer stated that the War| Finance corporation has authorized loans amounting, to $27,200,000 in the/| northwest. Minnesota has heen grant-| ed $5,000,000; ‘North Dakota, $8,900,-; 000; South Dakota, $9,500,000, and Montana, $4,800,000, he said.) These | are exclusive of advances to the Equity | Exchange. | “These loans have helped the gen-} eral business situation,’ Mr, Meyer: said. “To make loans directly to co-! operative associations without ware- | "HAS GRIPPE dition was not changed. He had a symptoms have not appeared, BUSINESS BLOCK Loss Estimated at $50,000 to, ‘COLD BLANKET | Negotiate a bond issue of $100,000 to ‘PIONEER SCRIBE | was on the Milwaukee Sentinel for | , Sigrid Holmquist, called the “Mary Pickford of Sweden,” is a great favorite among the elite of Washington where she is now visiting. Her beauty makes her the center of many gatherings. Sure, she smokes! EICHERT AND AIDS WIN FIGHT Casey is Ousted as President and Board of Directors Re- signs With Him—to Reopen Plant by Raising Funds COVERS ENTIRE WESTERN COAST i Fargo, N. D., Jan. 19.—Control of the Equity Co-operative Packing |} plant, Which has been fought for in ;the last year with bitterness on the part of some stockholders, today is | securely lodged in the hands of the | block of stockholders who began their Chicago, . Jan. wae fight against. the old organization. bearing snow reached eastward from| ©, W- Reichert, of Carrington, mem- the Rocky Mountains today leaving” ber of. the house of representatives, Wehind the coldest weather oon a was elected president of the com- Washington- and ~ Oregon’ since1 09 hany to” succeed P. M. Casey. All “nd below zero weather in the nearer’ members of the old board of Hirectore western states. The reduced temper-| resigned with Casey. U. L. Burdick, ture will spread into Kentucky, Louls-' oe Winston, was elected first vice jana, Mississippi and southwestern 7, ocident; John L. Midkklethun, of states, the government weather bu- | Wimbledon eeceudl ee president; reau said. : 'C.P. Peterson, of Bisbee, third vice At Deer thrk, Washington, 25 miles | president, and George Brastrup, of from Spokane, a temperature of 35) qourtenay, treasurer. Directors other degrees below zero. was recorded. \than officers, include H. P. Nygaard, Northern Idaho and Montana are eX-| Norman county, Minn.; Geo. B. Bras- periencing below zero weather and at/trup, Stutsman county; G. F. Bragger, Billings, Mont., the temperature fell; wells county; F. C. Brostad, Steele to 20 degrees below. Casper, Wyo. re-| county; E. A. Duff, Barnes county verted 36 below and a 23-inch snow- The packing plant, which is located In Webraska and the Dakctas the |#Pout five miles west of Fargo and thermometer descended, rapidly with | Was expected to be a big industrial predictions it would go below tie zero| addition to the city, is now Inopera- mark before nightfall. ; tive. President Reichert immediately began efforts to raise $10.000 to block Denver dispaiches told of extreme ons ¥ cold in Colorado while from San Fran-/2 sheriff's sale He said $5,000 had been raised. ‘ cisco came word that the cold wave | , Mr, Casey, in retiring, said that if had\ penetrated ,the southern pert of; ‘| the state causing sncw to fall at Red- /$200,000 was raised the plant could be reopened. He said there were iands. in the heart of the citrus fruit: district and threatening crops there.| Claims amounting to about $160,000 outstanding a‘ COUNTY WOULD ISSUE BONDS Commissioners of Mountrail coun- ty, at the state capitol on their way to the convention at Jamestow, consult- ed state officials upon a proposal to Extends Into Citrus Fruit Dis- trict of Southern Califor- nia, Reports Say 19.—A_ cold OF PRICES IS SAID UNCHANGED Iwashington, Jan. 19. level of wholesale prices remained stationary throughout November and December, the Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics and the Department of Labor announced today. 7 Foodstuffs, farm products, cloth, clothing, chemical and drugs showed a declining tendency which was most pronounced in such articles as cattle, hay, flax, peanuts, butter, cheese, eggs, lard, lemons, oranges and su- gar. Metals and house furnishings were listed as unchanged while few prices showed a light increase and building materials advanced 3 per take up county warrants and place the ccunty on a cash basis{ The war- rants bear 7 per cent interest and’ the commissioners belfeve they can pluce a bond issue at a lower rate. SUCCUMBS TODAY Madison, Wis., Jan, 19.—Henry W. Bleyer, 87, former MilWaukee news- paper man and_ pioneer resident’ of that city died here this morning. He 44 years. level. ARR POSTMASTER-GENERAL HAYS WILL RETIRE FROM CABINET ON MARCH 4 out tkese purposes and am convinced of the possibilities of very !arge plan: and su tul consummation. M, begin immediately afte 4 next.” Faith in Hays A statement issued bythe produc- ers expressed confidence in Mr. Hays ability “to direct the industry New York, Jan. 18.—Will P, Hays will become directing hgad of the New National Association of Moti Picture Producers and Distributo: “immediately after March 4,” it was announced ‘last night at a dinner at whicn the postmaster general was the guest of a group of motion picture | SMOKES — AND CAPTIVATES CAPITOL FOR CONTROL OF EQUITY PLANT: ainst the company. { The general! cent in December over the November | house certificates as collateral, would! mean that the corporation would en-j gage in a general banking )usiness.”| net will be presented soon ‘bedside of Pope Benedict, who has! | the grippe, stated today that his con-! Officials, Mr. Hays’ formal resigna- tion from President Harding's cabi- i it was jsaid. | Mr. Hays announced that he had signed a contract which makes him }executive head of the organizaton. ‘His salary, reported as tentatively i fixed at $150,000 a year, was not an- nounced. “Tae purposes of this association {will be to attain and maintain the j highest possible standard of motion picture producton and to develop to the highest degree the moral and ed; jucatio al value of the industry,” Mr. to its predestined place cf importance ; in the civilization of today and to-j morrow.” | “Tne public will find we will fol-! low the leadership of Mr. Hays with! that faithfulness and enthusiasm which he has never failed to inspire.” | it continued, ee | “We are both proud and happy in cur association with Mr. we lock forward to the future with perfec: confidence.” Thy producers whose names ap-j peared on the formal announcement | as the committee in charge of forming the association are: Adolph Zukor,) William Fox, Marcus Loew, Lewis J.) Hays and} | “T believe in the earnestness and in- tegrity of their determination to carry Selanick, R. C, Cole, Samuel Goldwyn} and Carl Laemmle. FATHER IS WITNESS BREAKS DOWN IN TELLING ABOUT DEATH OF GIRL Miss Wick Pictured as Country Girl, Sensible and of Fine Character FARMER JURY SWORN IN Twelve Jurors Obtained Late Yesterday and First Testi- mony Taken Today Valley City., Jan. 19.--Hans Wick, father of Marie Wick, found dead in a Fargo hotel on June 7, last, and for whose death William Gummer, -hotel clerk, is on trial in the Barneg district court, was the first witness called to- day. Mr. Wick said that Marie was 18 years old last April and that she left home at Grygla, Minn., June 4, went from there to Thief River Falls from which place she left the morning of June 6 enroute to Pettibone, N, D., and that was the last time he saw her | alive. The father said hig girl was not given “to running with the boys” and he broke down and cried on the wit- ness stand when questioned concern- ing lac last time he saw her alive and ‘when le saw her body when called to Fargo, Good Opinion of Girl. J. E. Johnson, cashier of the State Bank of Grygla, Miun., the second wit- ness, said that Miss Wick cashed her personal check at the bank the day she left Grygla and that he also gave her a cashier's check for a ike amount in exchange for a check her father had given her.. Mr. Johnson {said that he had known Miss Wick for sometime and that she was not Biren. to “running around with fel- low | Mrs. Elmer Hilliard, of Lengby, |Minn., testified that she met Miss Wick jon a train between Crookston, Minn., ;and Fargo the day Miss Wick came to | Fargo-and that nobody except. herself ‘talked to Miss Wick during the trip. | Mrs. Hilliard said that Marie appealed ito here as “an awful good. sensible girl.” Arnold Rasmussen, a young man "head, testified that'he “had received ‘a letter from Miss Wick asking that ‘he meet her when she came to Fargo and Kasmussen said he’ did meet her on tuc train in Moorhead riding to Fargo with her. He had not corres- ponded with Miss Wick, he said. Surprised at Street Cars Ais they left the train in Fargo Miss Wick and he walked downtown and he said she commented on street cars, Miss Wick being quoted as saying they seemed “so funny,” she never before having seen a street car. They went to the Prescott hotel where Miss Wick registered and she. was shown to her room by Gummer, he. said. Rasmussen said he waited in the lobby for her, that she same down 15 minutes later and they went out together to an ice cream parlor. There Miss Wick was greatly amazed {at the fact that a piano could be made to lay, by dropping a nickel in the slot. | (Rasmussen said that after leaving ;Miss Wick he went to Moorhead, met Miss Jennie Helgengeth, :spent, some time with her, andogetired forthe night. He knew nothing of Miss Wick’s death until the following even- {ing when he went to the officials and ‘gave an account of his own move- ments and turned over the letter Miss Wick had written him. Examine Hotel Plans | Miss Helgenseth and several other | witnesses corroborated Rasmussen’s {accounts of his movements after leav- ing Miss Wick. Sometime was given to examination lof plans of the hotel and Mrs. Anna Lawrence, proprietress, on the stand accounted for various guests showing {who occupied each room. She was | still on the stand’ when the afternoon | Session was resumed. ; Though the courtroom was cleared {at 12 p, m. when the court adjourned jit quickly filled and an hour and a |half before the afternoon session | started nearly every seat was taken. Jury Sworn In, At 2:55 yesterday afternoon after a short recess the jury to try William Gummer, charged with the murder of Marie Wick, was sworn in. Every man on the jury is a farmer. Tey are: | Chris Olson, Ypsilanti, 25, married, uc children; William Flach, Sanborn, three children, girls 16 and 18; Ernest j Ladbury, Dazey, 24, baby boy; Fred H. |Getchell, Valley City, 43, daughter 9; |R, R. Kane, Spiritwood, three young hildren; Peter Rumer, Wimbledon, 1, three girls, 4,12, and 16, also boys; {Louis A, Sunde, Valley City, single, young man, four sisters 16 to 26 years old; G. U. Ohm, Lucca, 55, four chil- dren, girl of 17; Christ Minch, Dazey, one son, 27; Theo. Thilmony, Pills- bury, 16 children, 10 girls, oldest girl | { | i | jat home 18; Henry Helmer, Wimble- don, about 45, daughter 20. The oath was administered to the jurors by Clerk of Court Harry Olsby. States Attorney Green of Cass county, started to read to the jury the \information charging Gummer avith the crime. To this information the defendant has pleaded not guilty, PETITION FOR BOND VOTE. Granville, N. D., Jan. 19.—Petitions have been circulated to have a Gran- ville consolidated school district bond election for the purpose of turning fhe current indebtedness into a bond issue. {trom Grygla, Minn., residing in Moor- °