The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 1, 1922, Page 3

THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1922 WOULD EXTEND SUPREME COURT JUDGES’ TERMS M. W. Duffy Urges Constitu- tional Amendment to Make Terms Ten Years ASKS FOR PETITIONS; Signatures to petitions to amend the state constitution by providing terms of judges of the supreme court shall be elected for ten years instead of six and railroad commissioners elected for terms of six years instead of two are asked by Maurice W. Duffy, deputy Secretary of State, in a circular sent to many friends in the state. Mr. Duffy in his letter says: “At the last session of the legis- lature a proposed .constitutional amendment (House Bill No. 186) mak- ing the terms of supreme court judges ten years, subject to recall, was introduced. The judge elected in 1922 receiving the highest vote, to serve for ten years, the next high- est for eight years and the other for six years. “This measure passed the House but was killed in the senate, the rule} being that any bill passed by one house should be killed in the other. _ “I believe this measure is meritor- ious and that its enactment will do away with the present ‘free-for-all’ that we have every six years. * “The term of railroad commission- ers should be six years, one being elected every two years. Their work is technical, experience highly desir- able, and a six year term should go far towards increasing efficiency. “Would you consider it advisable to have initiated constitutional amend- ments embodying the above changes, the committee fo: the petitioners to be non-partisan or bi-partisaf or tri- factional or whatever may’ be the proper designation. “Action if taken should be soon as the petitions must be filed not later than July 8th.” | f SPECIAL RATES FOR IRRIGATION | MEETING HERE Rrailroad’ Commissioners Bulle- tin Also Details Methods for Obtaining Rate Adjustments The railroad commission’s weekly bulletin, issued today, calls attention! to the North Dakota Telephone Asso-; ciation meeting in Mandan on June 6, 7 and 8 and the Irrigation Congress in Bismarck on June 7 and 8. Special rates are granted for persons attend- ing the Irrigation Congress and per- sons who come to the telephone con- ference and also to the Irrigation; Congress may also obtain the rate. A notice to shippers issued by the commission says: Inasmuch as. many shippers in North Dakota may have found it dif- ficult to secure adjustment of claims; originally filed against the express | companies operating in North Dako-| ta prior to their having been taken! over by the American Railway Ex-| press Company, we quote the follow-| ing from Bulletin No. 59 issued May! 20, 1922 by J. E. Benton, General! Solicitor of the National Association ef Railway and Utilities Commission-j ers: “I now call your attention to the decision of the Supreme Court of Ap-| peals of Virginia in the case of Am- erican Railway Express Company vs.| Downing (25 Virginia Appeals, page| 187). In that case, the court held that the transfer of assets of the Adams Express Co. to the American Rail- way Express Co. in consideration of stock issue was not a transfer for va- jue and that the American Railway Express Co. took such assets with no-| tice of the claims of creditors and subject to such claims. The court also; applied the trust obligation theory of! corporate assets and held that on this| ground likewise, the creditors might} follow the assets of the Adams Ex- press_Co. in the hands of the Ameri- can Railway Express Co. You will observe that the court! sanctioned a suit direct by a creditor) of the Adams Express Co. against the American Railway Express Co. seems to the commission that the de-| cision is of great importance in all cases where claim is not barred by the statute of Limitations. It might be well to recall also that the I. C. C. has held that the requirement of the ex- press companies that a suit to be va- lid must be filed within two years and one day was an unreasonable regula- tion.” (See National Industrial Traffic League v. American Railway Express Co. 58 I. C. C. 304). é Cases decided and cases docketed are listed as follows. Cases Decided File in the matter of petition by Citizens of Emmons County for a flag station at Spur 384 on the Soo, closed, the carrier having made arrangements to build platform and for making this spur a flag stop. Commission approved certain spe- cific rules governing applications for high tension transmission line con- struction. : Cases Docketed Application of Greaves Telephone Co. for permission to sell farm line at Powers Lake. Filed May 25, 1922. J. W. Hemple, Denhoff vs. N. P. Ry. Co. Application for elevator site at Denhoff. filed May 9, 1922. Frank M. McFarlane, Gwinner vs. N. P. Ry. Co. Petition for an under- ground crossing at Gwinner. HERE’S PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES WHILE BIG ELKS MINSTREL FROLIC IS REHEARSING There was a full rehearsal of the big Elks’ minstrel frolic at the Au- ditorium last night. It may be telling secrets to take you back before the curtain goes up Friday night for the big melange of meliody and _ song, comedy and dancing, sentiment and foolishness, but a peep or two is bound to make you keen to enjoy it all the more, so here goes. The first scene must be for the la- dies. Here is the inside of the Elks club, with a ‘whole bunk of Elks loung- ing around the clubroom while Clint Draper and Alex Rosen are trying to list parts fot a big minstrel show. During the séene are telephone rings, and the ladies: have a chance to find out just why it/s so difficult to get a man on the phone at the club whgn you just know he is there. There are thirty, forty, maybe sev- enty-five good fellows in this scene. There’s Joe Bellanger showing the boys how he would do a jig for the big minstrel show, Henry Duemeland performing on the harmonica, George Ross singing a nut song called “Which Hazel,” and a lot of others. Joe Kelly was willing to sing a song for the director, but of course, it had to be an Irish song—“Stand Up and Sing For Your Fadder.” In this scene is introduced a new BOB SIMPSON PREACHES song “Leave Me Alone.” Words and music are by Donald McDonald, of Bismarck, and it is sung by Ray Chambers. The next scene includes the spe- cialties. There’s Bob Simpson in “The Parson’s Protest,” a negro dialect ser- mon; Vern Goddard as_ the high step- SEES. MISSOUR! RIVER AS BIG SOURCROF POWER Haynes North Dakota Man Ap- proves Plan For Harness- ing the River JIM TAYLOR SINGS per with Clint Draper in a dancing and singing act; Bob Webb and Henry Duemeland in an awful argument; a dozen lively steppers in a dance; and an old man’s dancing act that brought cheers at the rehearsal from the rest} of the cast. The second part of the big show, scene VIII, introduced Scott Cameron, as interlocutor and Clint Draper as director. There’s Jim Blunt, Jim Tay- lor, Bob Simpson, W. J. Riggs, Bob Webb, Rudy Patzman, Tom McNeese and Al Rosen as the fun makers, with Henry Halverson, H. . _ Ferner, Frank Gale, Roland Gross and George Humphreys as soloists, and a chorus of some 50 voices. The musical numbers include “Moon- light,” sung with wonderful: melody by H. H . Ferner, “April Showers” by Hank Halverson, “Out of Shadows,”! by Frank Gale “The Sunrise and You,” by George Humphreys and oth- ers. There may be some arguments about the knockout among the comedy songs introduced here. There’s Jim Blunt, whose, “Angel Child” is a fitting com- panion’ to, his: “Get, Young and Treat Em Rough”.:song?ef last year; Jim Taylor in “Ain’t Nature Grand” and Bob Simpson ‘“O,\ Brother, What a Feelin,” the said feelin’ probably be- ing the way a Memphis darky felt on the high seas when going to France back in 1918. Better than last year, is the earl verdict in the minstrel frolic, whic is presented Friday and Saturday nights at the Auditorium. The music includes a wonderful bunch of songs. One of them, a new fox trot, has just been introduced in the east, Mr. Drap- er being given permission to use it only west of Chicago in his produc- tions. This is just a sample of the show— you've got te be there to get it all. overflow in that country, we can, by a system of dams in this western coun- try, make it as productive as any country in the United States. Our soil! is unsurpassed in fertility and all we need is moisture in June and July. Possibilities of Reclamation If there is a possibility to reclaim this entire territory in place of limit- ing’ it’to a°small‘area along and ad- jacent to the Missouri river no idea should be overlooked to accomplish that result. Thousands and thousands} of dollars have been made available to the farmers through county seed grain loans and indirectly the War Finance corporation has placed enor- mous sums with the farmers in the} J. A. Bingham, of Haynes, N. D., ina letter to the Fargo Forum indor- sese proposals to utilize the waters of the Missouri river to generate electric power. He says: I read with interest your editorial on “Harnessing the Missouri,” and am convir the plan outlined in the ar- ticle is practical and feasible and that the sum of $34,000,000 would be a good} supply all necessary moisture through starter towards carrying out the pro- ject but it occurs to me that the bene- fits derived, while they would be of immense value to a limited territory and would boom a few towns along the Missouri river, would be of no practical value to the vast territory lying west of the river. . I have always carried the idea that a system of dams might solve the rain proposition for the Slope country. Haynes, N. D., where I live, is located on the coast extension of the C..M. & St. P. railway about 110 miles west of Moreau Junction on the west bank of the Missouri river. The elevation at that point is 1,583 feet; the elevation at Haynes is 2,540 fect. In this drop of 957 fcet our winter snows and our spring rains are deposited into the Missouri river in a few days through the larger streams and tributaries. There are no lakes or ponds to hold the water in the country and all sur- plus water is carried off in a few days leaving nothing here to evaporate and charge the air’ with moisture when hot and dry, often destroying vegeta- tion. Moisture Draws Moisture On the strength of the statement which we often hear that moisture draws moisture it would seem practi- al to put in a system of dams across all rivers and streams, forming small lakes and ponds wherever it is possible so that when the hot weather arrives there will be water to evaporate, giv- ing us ample rainfall during the grow- ing season which so often fails us. There are hundreds of streams crossing the country which in the spring of the year are full to the banks and if there were a system of dams, say a half mile or even a mile apart on the main streams, and small dams in proportion on the feeder streams, they could be kept full of water the year round, affording as much reservoir for water as there is in the much advertised 10,000 lakes in Minnesota. In addition to the dams on streams I would venture the as- sertion a good pond of water could be had at small cost for the dam on each section in most of the Slope county where ravines and draws could be util- ized for this purpose. Some years ago the eastern part of South Dakota was extremely dry and T have in mind Redfield, Huron, Wol- past year. If one year’s outlay of this money could be used in experiment- ing on dams sufficient to try it out it! would be no more speculative than financing for seed grain which often proves a failure. It is not so much cash this country needs, but moisture, and the annual outlay of funds by counties, state and government might be enough to the artificial dams and lakes as _pro- posed, if put to that use. In addition to reclaiming this country and mak- ing it an ideal and prosperous place in which to live it would help solve other problems which congress has been contending with for years. By holding the surplus water in this country for future use it would) prevent freshets and floods on the lower Mississippi, the overflowing of thousands of acres of the finest lanf’along the river, and the destruction of lives and property there which occurs annually. The cash expended to protect the lands there if put into dams in this country would serve’ the double purpose of giving| this country sufficient moisture and at} the same time protecting life and pro-j perty on the lower Mississippi. Every| property owner in the Slope district | is vitally interested in the expenditure; or any proposed expenditure of the! $34,000,000 available and if the pro-| position of dams has any merit, and I} think it has, I trust it will have due consideration at the Bismarck meeting | of the Irrigation congress to be held there June 7-8. McCUMBER ASKS INVESTI- GATION ON IRRIGATION (Continued from Page 1) view of the lack of interest at that time in irrigation in that part of the country, investigations were suspend- ed and the funds of the Reclamation Service were utilized in the construc- tion of other projects.” Must Get New Funds Mr. Davis states that the funds at his disposal at this time are not suf- ficient to include any new investiga- tions; in fact it has all been allotted. He says the general plan that is be- ing followed in many cases is for the‘ parties interested to organize an irri- gation district under the state laws} and contract with the Reclamation Service to furnish a large part of the funds for carrying on~these investi- gations. In view of the prevailing conditions ! Senator McCumber is working out the most feasible method for providing funds for necessary investigations as| he realizes that the farmers in the drouth stricken area should be aided; in reinstating themselves financially, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SOLDIER BONUS 10 HOLD OFF PENSION LIST Chairman McCumber Cites This In Preparing Report on the Measure Washington, June 1.—The finance committee’ report on the amendment of the house soldiers bonus bill still was in the making today but Chair- man McCumber hoped to report it and the bill to the senate before the end of the week, then the measure will take its place on the calendar to be called up after agreement has been reached among senators for its con- sideration. Chairman McCumber is expected to emphasize these points in presenting the bill: That the loan feature enabling vet- crans to obtain loans immediately had been retained. That a veteran could make applica- tion: for compensation without limit as_to time. That a veteran defaulting in repay- ment of a loan to the government could recover his certificate at apy time before its maturities. That all changes made in the house bill were agreeable to repre- sentatives. of the veteran organiza- tion. That the proposed legislation would -ostpone ‘nensions for the veterans ;for a number of years. The report is expected to contain a complete estimate of the cost of the bonus, figured now at between $4,000,- 000,000 and $5,000,000,000: LIBERTY BONDS SELL AT PAR All Bonds’ Reach This Figure ‘For First Time New York, June 1.—For the first time since the date of issue, all Lib- erty bonds sold today at par, or bet- ter. Heavy trading in Liberty bonds at highest prices and _ transactions embracing several lots of $1,000,000 were the outstanding features of the bond market. Continued ease of money and in- vestment buying .of individuals and corporations in anticipation of June interest and dividend , disbursements gave stimulagto the day’s extensive purchases @ Maximur of these bg! interesting, $100.06 for: a low of $$ 47 sold as | $100.04 ane coupon fourth 4 1-4’s in which.deafings often have: been very large, rose from’ $95.72 to-$100.04. At the low quotations of last year, most of these bonds were yielding from five to almost 6 1-2 percent. On the present basis of values, the 3 1-2’s net exactly.3 1-2 per cent and the 4’s and the 4 1-4’s from 4 to 41-4 percent. In fine, predictions of. treasury offi- cials made early in the year that all of Uncle Sam’s war flotations soon would reach par or better, have been fulfilled. Dance every Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday evenings at 8:30 at The Coliseum. 10 Cents per dance. Feed your hogs butter milk See us for prices. Northern Produce Co. ; FOR RENT Furnished House. Strictly Modern. Lovely Home. Close in. 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Marlborough House, the future res- ws are| out of existence in Washington March| idence of the ‘Prince of Wales, con- tains 111 rooms, Dry Cleaning and Pressing, Ladies’ and Oren Gents’ Suits We clean Rugs, all sizes, Draperies, Feather Pillows, in fact everything in the Home. We have the most complete Laundry and Cleaning Plant in the Northwest. CAPITAL STEAM LAUNDRY 311 Front St. Phone 684 TONIGHT THURSDAY ONLY ETHEL CLAYTON in “HER OWN MONEY” You may start a home on love, but it's money that make’s it go. And a Comedy With Brownie The Wonder Dog. 7 sey, Woonsocket, Mitchell and that GOOD NEWS district, but they commenced to drill Drycleaning, Pressing, Dye- jartesian wells and the surplus water in Repairin: nd Remodel- ||formed small ponds and streams. They a ing. Dries redieed, lhave ample rainfall now and often too A much. That region was as arid as the KLEIN, ell oa Cleaner | Slope couniteye ie not worse. If the : one 77 ‘supply of moisture can be attributed | tO the ponds formed by the artesian} FRIDAY and SATURDAY HAROLD LLOYD In “NEVER WEAKEN” IRVING CUMMINGS in “CAMERON OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED.” AE a SU ETERS with the least possible delay. He} has studied prevailing conditions fully |so that he may be able to proceed in the most practical way to bring re- lief, Hemstitching. WW. W. Kelley, 211 Broadway, Bismarck, N. D.! Coming Monday and Tuesday ELAINE HAMMERSTEIN ‘ —in— “HANDCUFFS AND KISSES” CAPITOL