The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1922, Page 1

. drrigavion in North Dakota. - Kastgalte, F. E. Diehl. ~ Precipitation The: Weather ‘ FAIR AND WARMER THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE = FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS RUSSIA WILLING TO PAY PRE-WAR DEBTS IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION WILL BEREVIVED TO CARRY FORWARD _ WORK ON NO. Meeting Here Names E. A. Wil- liams to Lead Organization TO ASK APPROPRIATION Would Have Congressional In- vestigation of Possibilities in North Dakota. Measures, designed to bring about thorough ‘investigation of the possi- bilities of irrigation in North Dakota, and of linking these projects with similar projects in Montana and South Dakota were taken at the state- wide irrigation meeting held here yes- terday afternoon and last night. Resolutions adopted by the meet- tng asked: ‘ ‘That Gen. E, A. Williams, president of the North Dakota Irrigation A®so-| ciation, call an, irrigation congress on) June 7 to consider ways and means of promoting irrigation. That a resolutions committee be ap- pointed to prepare legistative enact- ‘ments to be recommended for exten- sion of: dirigation, or pracilicable means for promoting and financing That committee be named to confer with representalives in Congres; and state engineers of South Dakota and Montana for the purpose of request- ing appropriation by the Secretary of; the Interor of $250,000 to be expended in surveys and investigations for the development of the Upper Missouri | river for storage, reservoirs or power | dams. Thai the North Dakota legislature; be asked ‘to make appropriations for | ithe employment of at,léast three en- gineers ‘to work under ‘the direction of the state engineer to investigate the (possibilities of small irrigation} projects (not exceeding 160 acres) in North Dakota, providing that they ghall make. detailed surveys of such small projects im order ‘to determine their feasibility and acre cost, and) they’ shall submit their findings and date immediately to the land owner withaut cost to him. The detailed. re- pont ‘shall, be submitted to the legis- lature, and presented in printed re- ports for public use. The resolutions comimittee. was..composed- of E: F. Chdndler, Edward, Sullivan, Chas, E. The resolutions were prepared by! a committee composed of Prof. E. F. Chandler, of the University of North Dakota. B Another resolution submitted from the floor was for the continuation of the organization of the first and third | irrigaiion congresses, and providing | for permanent organization ito be; worked out by ‘time of the next gen- eral congress. Gen. Williams Chairman Gen. E. A. Williams was named chairman of the trrigation orgamiza- tion and Thomas H. Sullivan, secre- tary of the Mandai Commercial Club, was named secretary, Governor JR. A. Nestos was pres- ent during the evening session. Called upon to speak, the Governor eaid that he had come to learn ralher than to speak. He said that he had given some attention to tthe problems involved. He said the state adminis- tration was in accord with the -pur- poses and efforts of the irrigation as-. sociation, ‘and that the administration wag anxious to get all information possible on work done not only for trrigation but for the larger use of the Méisouri iriver fon power and transportation. The Governor said he had had cor-| respoNdence with the North Dakota representatievs in -Congress Tegard- ing the MeNary bill, and that he had een informed by North Dakota re- presentatives after a study of the bill and conferences with South Dakota representatives that ithe interests oft) North Dakota’ was protected. : To Raise Funds The old irrigation association will ‘be continued. Gen. Williams was em- powered to Mame a. committee on permanent organization which will be named soon and will function un- til the June 7 meeting. Funds will be raised in the Slope cities for the pur- pose of carrying on the work of the organization, A treasurer will be/ named. There were about 50 people present DAKOTA PROJECTS HEADS TRAINING CAMP COMMITTEE Geo, H. Rusa Jr., has been named chairman for Nor.h Dakota of ‘the Citizens’ Military Training ‘Camps Committee. A camp will be held at \Fort Sneiling, Minnesota, similar to ‘the one held fast summer, under present plans. As soon as Congress |makes the necessary appropriation the quota for NorJa Dakota will be al- Yoted and applications for admission to the camp received, FAMINE SLOWLY RETREATING IN YOLGA REGION Arrival of American and Other Aid Saves Lives of Many Russians Samara, Russia, April 15.—(By the; Associated Press)—Famine is begin- ning to retreat in the Volga.valley he- fora the slow but steady arrival of Atmerican corn for.adult feeding. It is duo to van‘sh almest entirely when the spring sunshine brings jut the early vegetables which will sustain most of the population until the har- } vest. The death rate from hunger is still, mounting in the villages far from rail communication which have not yet been reached and wh’ch may not ever | be reached by American or other aid. Today, the beginning of th2 last month when wheat may be sown, it is | still a gamble whether the majority of peasants will receive any appre- ciable supply of wheat for sceding. The rye that was sown last autumn is expected to supply enough food on} which to exist after the middle of | August. : STEGNER GIVEN LOCAL SUPPORT F..B. Streeter, of Linton, Re- ceives Some Burleigh Votes ERE Y 1 George M. Young, Congressman} from ‘the second disirixt, was given the support of the Bismarck delega-| ‘tion in the Jamestown convention. M Young was ‘the only congressional of-; ficer who was present for the con-| vention. There ‘had been talk of op- position, but Bismarck people, return- ing from the convention, stated that no one else was seriously considered. The Burleigh county delegations were both seated, but the voting pow- er ‘was split between the McCumber ‘and anti-McCumber forces.-The Mc- Cumber delegation supported F. B.| Streeter of Linton, for Lieutenant- Governor. \His nomination ‘had been ‘Urged by. former service men. C. B. Little was chairman of the McCumber | forces from this county at the start,| but was called east and left ‘the con- vention. A. L. Garness, who ‘had been named chairman of the opposing for- ces, was then made chairman for the entire delegation. His eminent fair- mess was praised by both sides. H. L. Stegner, of Bismarck, was) supported for the nomination for Com-! missioner of. Insurance. The failure of his sponsor to make plain that-he} would withdraw for a Democrat if nominated, early in his speech, caused Mr. Montgomery of Fargo to be chos- MILLION FOR FLOOD CONTROL (Washington, April 21—The sum of! $1,000,000' for control of flood waters of the Mississippi river now .at the highest stage in years was made available immediately by a resolution at the night meeting, which was held im room 705, The McKenzie, following dinner there. Among the speakers at the evening session. were O. W. Rob- erts, weather observer; F. E. Diehl, manager of the Home Building Asso- ciation; Chas. Eastgate, Commission- er of Agriculture and Labor Joseph A. Kitchen and Prof. Chandler. The conference was called to order by Prof. EB. F. Chandler, of the Uni- (Continued on Page 3) WEATHER REPORT For ttwenity-four ending at noon April 21, 1922. Temperature at 7 A. M Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest Jast night Highest wind velocity . Weather Forecasts y For Bismarck and vicinity: ° Fair tonight amd probably Saturday; warmer tonight. For North*Dakota: Fair tonight and probably Saturday; warmer tonight. Excepting a few unimportant show- ers in northeastern North Dakota and over the eastern Lake region ‘the wea- ther has been fair during the past 24| hours. The temperature ig near nor-| mal in all sections, * rushed through the senate and house today within an hour after the pro- posal made by southern members had been approved by Secretary Weeks and Director Dawes of thd budget. FARMS PRODUCE. “12, BILLION ‘Washington, April 21—The Depart- ment of Agriculture estimated today that the gross wealth produced by farmers in 1921 had a value of $12,- 366,000,000, or about two-thirds of the aggregate value of the farm products of 1920 and little more than onchalf «| the aggregate for 1/919. TAKES OVER CITY OF PEKING ‘Peking, China, April 21.—(By the A. P.)—The troops of General Chang Tso-Lin, governor of Manchuria, to- {day took possession of Peking and Tien-Sing, replacing the local police forges of these cities. The transfer of authority was devoid of incident. jand he accepted it. TOO BUSY TO Chicago, April 27.—Residents of Chicago call the intersection of State and Madison strects “the busiest corner in the world,” but . No one saw the. robbers who broke the jewelry store window on that corner with a padded brick and escaped with watches and rings valued at $2,060, \ MANY HUNDREDS ARE KILLED ™ Four Hundred Carloads of Am- munition Explode Near Monastir . ' Belgrade, April 21—Four hundred car loads of ammunition and high ex- plosives stored near the railroad sta- tiop at Monastir, southern Siberia, ex_ ploded Tuesday at noon, killing sev- eral hundred persons, wounding thou- sands ‘and virtually destroying the heart of the city. One half of the less. The victims were mostly children and soldiers. A church in which chil- dren were worshipping collapsed un- der the detonation while the barracks in which 1.800 sodiers were having Jun Was destroyed. Fire Breaks Out. | Immediatey after the explcsion, fire ‘broke out in the various parts of the city. The ‘panicistricken inhabitants | ‘fled to nearby woods and mountains from which they watched their homes burn. All telegrap/ic and telephonic! communication from Monastir with! the outside world was cut off. | The first news of the disaster reach-j ed Belgrade from refugees who man- aged to reach Prilep 30 miles north- west of Monastir. (Several Serbian re-| lief units were immediately organized. and started for Monastir. The last reports are to the effect that soldiers and gendarmes are en-| gaged in rescue work, | SEE ROBBERY BIG EXPLOSION city’s population was rendered home-| nominated in the primary’ there is a \(MicCumber, moved that the conven- “FUSION” PLANS IN STATE RACE -Agreement Will Be Taken Up By Committee Which Manages The Campaign. ONE NOMINATION OPEN Committee Named to Select Can- didate For the Third Con- gressional District A fusion plan betwoen Republicaus afl Domocrats on state affairs, is to be worked out in the future. The prin- ciple was agreed on in the Jamestown conventions. . ‘While both Repuplicans and Democrats nominated full tickets there is the principle of fusion to be worked out in a ‘gentlemen's agree- ment” which includes probably the di- vision of offices following: the: prim- ary. If all Independent Republicans indorsed at Jamostown should be tacit understanding that support would be given to Democratic candi- dates, probably for railroxd commis- sfoner, auditor and commissioner of insurance and possibly lieutenant- governor. He The campaign probably wil get un- der way in the mar future, with the joint committeo managing it. The senatorial sitpation cleared as far as the convention’ was conce.cd when R. J. Hughes, manager for Senator tion do not indors> any candidate for senator. .'P. D. Norton, of Mandan, has a request from Third D'strict Re- publicans, who had honored him with congressional nomination, that he re- tire from the senatorial contest. . Just 100 years ago, April 27, 1882 Point Pleasant, O. This picture sho COLORS DECREED FOR MIDSUMMER New York, April 21.—Sand color and bright emerald green will be the prevailing shades in women’s mid-summer and fall millinery. FLOODS RENDER The report of the committee named to confer with thy Democrats ex- plained the fusion plan as follows: Committee 'Revort The report of the committee to con- fer with the Democrats was then presented by J. D. Bacon as follows: 400 Troops Missing. The exact number of persons killed) may never /be known as far as civil-; ians are concerned. The roll call o! the soldiers ig being made howev and it is said that the number of mi ing troops already amounts to mor than’ 400. | The damage, it ts reported,’ will! amount to many millions of dollars.' The explosion blew up all the dumps in which was gathered all the am- munition of the former allied armies in the near east. The American Red Cross at Belgrade is rushing relief to the city. | A. G. JACOBSON LEAVES CITY Accepts Opportunity To Go In Business in Bemidji A. G. Jacobson, superintendent of the job and bindery department of The Tribune Company, will leave to- night for Bemidji, ‘Minnesota. Mr. Ja- cobson has purchased half interest in the ‘Bomidji Book and Stafionery Company. Mr. Jacobson has been a.resident of Bismarck for many years, and during that time hasi won scores of friends. He was with The Tribune Company for several years and then was state printer for six years. After he left that position three years ago he as- sumed the position of superintendent for the Tribune. Mr. Jacobson has been a valued employe of The Tribune and handled ‘@:great volume of print- ing businegs with success. A splendid opportunity was opened to him to en- ter business for himself in Bemidji, ‘Both Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson have been prominent in civic and fraternal | affairs. ‘Mr, Jacobson is head of! Tancred Commandery, Knights Tem- plar, and has been prominent in the various branches of Masonry. Mrs. Jacobson has been a prominent mem- ber of the Thursday Musical club and other organizations. Mrs. Jacobson will not go to Bemidji for a week) or 80, GRONNA WILL | BE TAKEN HOME! Rochester, Minn., April 21—A. J.| Gronna, former United States Sena- tor from North Dakota, was suffi-' ciently recovered from an operation | which he underwent to be removed to a local hotel today. He expects to: return to his home ait Lakota next week. 50 INJURED IN EXPLOSION Los Angeles, Calif., April 21.— Probably 50 people were injured and numbers of them fatally when an oil station at Fourth and Crawford streets caught fre at Downey today and the fire reach- ed the underground storage tanks causing them to explode with great force, throwing debris many feet. — Downey is a small town about 15 miles southeast of Los Angeles and its fire and police facilites were so small that it was neces- sary to call on the sheriff to toke charge: of the policing and, city hospitals here to take care of the jshould be’ filled’ by Democratic candi- |in the remaining offices the state au- “Your committe. met last evening with the Dempcrats in accordance with the recommendations of the committee of 45, which you ‘heard and was unanimously recommended terday, . and which provided hat about onthird of the, offices dates and, two-thirds.by the Republi-|| cans. “After talking:the matter over fior some considerable length of time, the conference committre agreed that the Republ:can members were to report to their convention and the ‘Democrats, that all of. the independ. | ent incumbent state officials be re- tained and that we recommend to both conventions the co-operation of | the independents along that line; that} ditor, thy office of commissioner of in- surance and two railroad commission- ors be Republicans and should work | with the Democrats along that line after the primaries. independent members wer2 to work with ‘the. Republicans: along the line of electing their officials. We alsa recommend that in districts where it s3ems impossible for Republicans or Democrats to be elected to tHe legis- lature without co-operation, that as nearly as possible, all of the inde- pendents should work along the lines suggestad by the officials in the same proportion, that is, two-thirds Republican and one-third Democrats. ; ‘But at any rate, to work together so as to prevent the control of the next legislature by the socialists and ‘leaguers. t Recommendations, “We recommend that this conven- tion give its approval of such recom- mendations. The chairman seems to think that I have not made _ this clear. ‘He did not understand wheth- er we wore to drop these nominations | ‘here or not. By all means not. We! expect to nominate candidates. for every office in this convention. That is the desire of your committes, but; after. the. primaries, to work along! this other line so that there are two Democrats for railroad commission- ers and also for commissioner of in- surance and state auditor.” The nomination for congressman in the Third district is left to a special committee of Third district Republi- cans. Mrs. F. W. McGillic, of Mandan, declined the nomination. Action iprob- ably will be taken in the near future on this matter. Candidates Urged Among the candidates who were urged for indorsement for the various state offices in the Republican con- vention and who were not chosen; were: Victor Wardrop>, of Leeds, and F. B. Streeter, of Linton, for Lieuten- ant-Governor; H. L. Stegner, of Bis- marck, |‘Lyle Merry, of Stark county, and W. D. Austin, of Fargo, for com- missioner of insurance; John ‘Steven- son of Grant county, and M. P. John- (Continued on Page 3) BEER RATES dnc | HELD REASONABLE} ‘Washington, April 21—Memories of the pro-Volstead era were aroused to- day when the Interstate Commerce Commission in a belated opinion de- cided that the former railroad rates on. beer in western territory wore fair and reasonable. 4 VELVA RA * BOOSTER FUND Velva, N. D., April 21—Velva busi- nessmen have pledged $230 & month for three months to carry ‘on the ‘im- migration and development movement that has been launched in the Mouse River loop. Thosé who ‘have land for sale are invited ‘to list it with .John Thorpe, secretary of the Velva local unit of the Northwestern North Da- The Democratic injured, kota Development association. Rivers in Illinois, Indiana and lowa at Flood Stage | Chicago, April 21.—Rivers in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa which have’ been at} flood stage and above for several days! today were wearing away protective; levees in several places. , Thousands of acres of agricultural lands were floode@#yesterday when; thyee levees broke along the Walbash,greds of men. who have been so ‘nit 7 ‘river. “Several blocks at: Vincennes, Indiana, ‘were reported under water. Food was provided by the Red Cross for 400 homeless residents of Naples,'! Illinois, and assistance was given to| families from along the Mississippi, ; who had been taken to Cairo, IMlinois, Flood conditions were also reported| serious at Muscatine, Clinton and) Davenport, Iowa. Along the southern Mississippi large} forces were working hard to strength-| en levees, PLANTS SUSPEND Muscatine, , April 21.—Three big industrial plants here were forced to! suspend operation when flood | waters obtained unprecedented stage. | LEVEES WEAKENING Pine Bluff, Ark., April 21.—Tele- phone calls here from Lake Village, Arkansas, said ‘the Mississippi river levees near here were weakening and| showed signs of breaking despite ef- forts of hundreds of workers. Resi- dents were moving their household; goods into second floors of building.| SIR KNIGHTS TONEW ORLEANS Many North Dakotans to At- tend Encampment Fargo, N. D., April 21—North Da- kota Knights Templar who will leave Fargo for New Orleans, La., to attend on the left, the stone steps where President Hatding will deliver during the celebration ef the-one hundredth annivrsary of Grant’s birth, A radio will carry the message to all parts of the country. DELEGATES AT JAMESTOWN BURIED PERSONAL GRUDGES, SAYS GOVERNOR personal interest to the welfare of! | the state. ig interpreted by Governor \by the present administration,” jVviews of many delegates as to the; \negs, ‘the sincerity, and the enlthusi- [WHERE HARDING WILL SPEAK | “ARE OUTLINED. . , General Ulysses S. Grant was born at ws the main street of the town and, un address Governor Says That Will:ngness | Of Delegates to Sacrifice Self Interest to What They Felt Was Best Interets of State Augurs Well Willingness of dielegaltes. Ito tile Jamestown convention to ‘sacrifice IR. A. Nestos ag a -hopeful sign for the future of ‘the state, not only in the political campaign but in ithe ad- ministration of the affairs of the state. Continuation of the: work of rehab- ilitation of the state finances and re- storation of confidence in the state are beiieved by the Governor ‘to ‘con- stitute problems of major importance lin the next two yeans, Returning from the conventiion at Jamestown. the Governor said fhe was glad to have had the opportrity of meeting “hun-} ested) and so helpful to *he admini SOVIBT MAKES “CONDITIONS ON PROPOSED ACTS Replies to Allies That if. Granted _ Recognition She Will Rec- ognize Debts GERMANY MAKES A REPLY States She Is Surprised at Com- plaint Made Over Treaty She Signed at Rapallo _ Genoa, April 21.—(By the A. P.) —If the Russians are granted rec- ognition de jure and adequate fi- nancial help they state in their reply submitted to the entente to- day they are willing to admit Russia’s war and pre-war debts, waive their counter claims and restore the use of nationalized Property to its former owners, or satisfy the claims of foreigners in « cases where the property cannot be restored. As justifying their contention that the allies could not as a mat- ter of right demand compensa- tion for property the Russians elte the abolition éf slavery in the United States where nelther the. Americans nor foreigners compensated. They also cite the adoption of prohibition in Am- erlea as a case where no com- pensation was given to the pro- ducer of alcoholic drinks, Genoa, April 21—(By the A. P.)— Germany and Russia, asserted the Ci- tidino today, already have agreed with the Turkish Nationalist government at Angora on a common program of foreign policy. This, it argues, will constitute a grave menace to the other powers. Germans Make Reply The German reply to the allies ul- timatum accepts the condition that the German delegates be ‘barred from participating in the further discus- jSions of the Russian question by th Genoa conference, tha Russo-German treaty signed at Rapallo being allowed to stand. The German note acknowledges “with painful surprise” the protest received. It says that the exclusion of Germany from the negotiations which the allies held with Russia gave Germany ‘the impression’ the allies tration during the past winter in re- habilitating our state finances, and! tin restoring the ‘confidence of the; outside people in the state and its.ci-, \tizents.”” The delegates as a body were earm-) est, determined and sincerely inter-; ested in gontinuing ‘the work started ‘the Governor said. “The differences of opinion were many and ‘the personal course to. be pursued quite pronoun- ced, but it was very evident ithrough-| out all the. deliberations of the con-! vention, that the thought upmost ‘in; ‘che minds of all th» delegates was : effect of the action of the convention upon ithe economic and political con- ditions within our own state, and; that they were willing to make al- most any sacrifices of personal inter- est, and waive any personal views for the sake of promoting the welfare of the state. “I am.sure that the limpression| made upon the members of the pres-{ ent administration by the earnest-| asm of ‘the delegates is that the elec- tions in June and November will be| one, and that during the coming itwo! upon the same loyal cooperation, and; the same enthusiastic support in its, efforts ito serve the people of ithe stale! honestly ‘and well.” | Two officials were in ‘the state; capitol when word’ came that ‘they! had been indorsed. They were Com-! missioner of Agriculture and Labor; J. A. Kitchen, who had been called) back from Jamestown to his office} because of press of business, and Miss Minnie J. ‘Nielson, state super- the forthcoming triennial grand en- campment of Knights Templar there include the following: John H. Fraine grand commander, Grafton; Otto Bauer, grand captain general, Mandan; H. F. White, of Jamestown, past -grand commander, and August Timmerman, Mandan, and Hugh McDonald and T. S. Henry, sir knights of Valley City. At New Or- leang they will meet other North Da- ‘kota Masons, including Frank White, United States Treasurer and Mrs, White, Mr. Sprague, of Grafton, past grand commander, and W. J. Carroll. ARBOR DAY TO BE ON MAY 5 Arbor Day generally will be obser- ved in the country tomorrow, but be- cause of the fact that the season for planting is later in North Dakota, Governor Nestos will proclaim Arbor Day for May 5. Pride Injured Over Loss San Francisco, April 21.—Injured pride over the loss of a prized mus- tache removed from the plaintiff when he slept under a hot towel in the bar- bershop had found outlet today in a suit for $299.09 damages filed in San Francisco justice court. The suit was brought by James T. MaGuire, of Bakersfield, president of the Kern Mu- tual Telephone Company and of the Bakersfield Golf and Country club, j against Henry Jacoby, barber. Mustache, California Business Man Sues| intendent of :public instruction, “I appreciate very much tthe feeling} of the delegates that our tenure of of- fice for the short time we have been in has met with approval and we shall strive to continue to merit their confidence tin the future,” said Mr.! Kitchen. Miss Nielson, saying she appreciat- ed th» confidence manifested in her work, declared that “if chosen again my policies will be as before the car- rying out of a strong program for| better educational opportunities for} ithe boys and girls of North Dakota) were trying to conclude arrangements without ‘her, perhaps to her detri- ment; that for this reason Russo-Ger- man ‘negotiations which had openly been in progress before the Genoa conference ever began. were revived and the Russo-German treaty signed Easter Sunday. This is the treaty that has caused all the tnouble. Ambassador Admitted An Englishman for the British dele- gation said today there was no objec- tion to Richard ‘Washburn Cnild, Am- erican ambassador to Italy, being present at the sessions of the com- mission on Russian affairs in order to obtain information for the United States government. DEMANDS FACTS. ON OIL LEASES Former Secretary Daniels Op- poses the Leasing a SRT MEST Washington, April 21.—Complete years ithe administration can count) {nformation regarding the leasing of rights in naval oil reserves was sought in a resolution introduced today by Senator LaFollette, Republican, who, at the same tim2 made public a let- ter from Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy, opposing the leasing of the government domain. (Mr. Daniels said in his letter that when ‘the first claim for lease rights on naval reserves were examined by ‘the naval department it was found that they were asked for by “parties” working in the stockyards of Chicago * * * who thought they were’ signing a petition for an election. U.S. MAY TAKE BARGE LINE ‘Washington, April 21—Theodore Brent, federal manager of the Miss- issippi-Warrior Barge line told a and administration of this program] Senate committee today that unless without political prejudice.” Edward Goltra, Democratic national committeeman from Missouri, pno- ceeded withthe operation of a barge WINS CALF FOR TRADEMARK _|line to St. Paul the government would Mandan, N. D., April 21.—Mrs. H. B. what to do with a purebred Holstein calf which she won for submitting the best slogan and trademark for New Salem. She also designed the Mandan trademark. of His Prized The complaint set forth: That as‘a result of the said mus- tache having been wilfully and ma- liciously shorn from the face of said plaintiff, said plaintiff had materially decreased in his personal appearance befiore the public. His younger children are not able to recognize him and the plaintiff had extreme difficulty in being recognized take over the government barges Gol- Hagerman of Mandan, is wondering|tra has under lease and extend its ‘service to that city. | ROAD ATTITUDE FAVORABLE Beach, N. D., April 21.—Northern Padific railroad. officials, while here on their tour of inspection expressed themselves as favorable to a plan for grading up certain portions of the right of way here to be converted in- to community gardens. They said they would take the matter under advisement. The matter of obtaining dirt ‘to fill low portions and provide growing beds for florals is one of the problems involved. The community garden committee is expected ito as- certain what support may be gained here to finance expenses incidental to improving the right of way. Gold threads for making lace in In- dia are so fine that 1,100 yards weigh ja places where he has business, one ounce,