The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 2, 1922, Page 2

| | “PAGE TWO THE BISMARCK: TRIBUNE : BONUS SHARKS ARE ATTACKED BY GEN, FRASER Délares Records Show Much; Extortion Has Been Prac- * ticed in the State Fargo, N. D., Aug. 2.—Buyers of North Dakota servicemens’ bonuses who are charging excessive rates of interest or practising usurious meth- odfin the purchase of these claims, will be severely dealt with if such prggtices are continued,” said Ad- jutant-General G. A. Fraser today in explaining the warning sent out by hint last week. “The money appropriated by tho state under the soldiers’ compensa- tion act was meant for the ex-serv- jeemen eligible under this act and not’for unscrupulous money lenders who are willing to take advantage of them.” Under that section of the bonus law: which provides that the adju- tant-general can grant priorily to} claims, General Fraser proposes to delay till the last payment on all claims where proof can, be shown that the claim was purchased from the ex-servicemen at an unfair dis- count. + *Service men are answering the ads.of parties offering to buy thesé claims and forwarding the answers,in many cases to the adjutant-general’s offite’ or American Legion héadquar- ters for investigation,” said General Fraser. “From this information @ list is being compiled to’ assist in lo- cating these ‘patriots’. What Record Showed * “Records are now in the office at Bismarck of claims that were pur- chased for discounts varying from 25 to. 60 per cent. The fact that the claimant is a willing party to the deal in no way countenances the act,” said General Fraser. “These soldiers bonuses are government bonds on a par with Liberty and government bonds for they are back- ed: by the resources of the state. Therefore, those parties who have money to invest have no right to charge: excessive rates for securities as sound as these bonus claims, “J appreciate very.much thé~atti- tude shown by the educational insti- tutjons, banks and individuals who have helped deserving servicemen by handling their claims at a fair and regsonable rate of interest,” said General Fraser. “These claims will receive prompt attention as they come due, but assigned claims, where it has been proven that the assignee has-taken the claim at an exorbitant discount, will only be paid after all other claims have been paid in full. Servicemen Interested “Every serviceman is interested in seeing that the compensation act is administered in the most efficient mapner so that all may realize the greatest amount of benefit from their bonus ¢laims. Through their cooperation we are going to make a determined effort to stop these Shylocking buyers of bonuses from taking advantage of those men who need to realize on their claims be- fore they can be paid by the state. “with the new blank forms now being used in filing claims it will be impossible to practice the methods of ustiry possible under the old form,” declared General Fraser. “This form permits the use of the claim as col- lateral but sale cannot be made. In this way those agents charging ex- orbitant rates of interest can be prosecuted under existing laws, “RE the present time there. are 22,500.claims field in the office at Bia marek. , At the present rate of pay- ment the last of these will be paid in five.years. Therefore, there is no claim that will run long enough to warrant a discount of 50 per cent,” pointed out General Fraser. Six thousand six hundred claims have been paid to date. The average claim according to General Fraser, is about $350. MANDAN NEWS | Park Commission: _Approves Plans For River Dam The plans and specifications offered by Black & Griffin of Mandan for the dam:across the Heart river just west of the Flasher road bridge were ap- proved by the members of the city park commission at, their regular thonthly meeting yesterday evening at the city hall. Bids for the construction of the| dant will be opened August 24. The board members and engineers agreed that: the proposed dam should have large central gate which can be low- ered: during the flood season or when the-ice goes out, and plans were drawn accordingly. Chain Store Stock Changes Hands The O'Rourke Grocery Company completed the purchase of the Lewis Grocery Company stock yesterday. The place will be known, hereafter, as Fitzsimmons Grocery with James Fitzsimmons as manager. W. ©. Badger, proprietor of the City Bakery, which has been main- tained in connection with the gro- cery: store since he disposed of the tér branch of the business some time ago to the Fargo chain store coneern, will continue under the same conditions. Mis. Lindsey Cyrus and her five- year-old daughter were scratched and cut,=and baby received bruises on the forehead when a Ford roadster in which they were riding crashed in- to an ornamental light post in front of the Mandan Mercantile company yesterday afternosn and snapped the post-off when T. Douglas, lost con- trol of the car as he reached to save the five-year-old girl who was about to fall from the car. workmen on the bridge, was return- ing from town where she had been for the purpose of purchasing food supplies. Miss Charlotte Matson of Minne- apolis, is a guest for a few days at the home of Dr. and Mrs. B, D. Row- ley. A.C. Dillman of the Northern Great Plains station has gone to St. Paul, Minn. om a few days’ busine trip. A special meeting of the directors of the Mandan Commercial club will be held this evening for the consid- eration of the resignation of George F. Wilson, president. Mrs. John~F. Sullivan and son, John, Jr., returned home Monday night after spending several weeks visiting with friends in Detroit and Shoreham. Mrs. Sullivan, visited in Chicago prior to her visit in Minne- sota. Miss Harriet Center returned Monday from an extended visit in the east. . She visited at Chicago, Il, Buffalo, N. Y., New York city, Boston, Mass., and other cities, Dr. R. E. Percy and William Maas returned Monday from Detroit, Minn., where they have enjoyed a fishing trip. BOOSTS STATE AT BIG SHOW Booklet Showing North Da- kota Dairying Is Planned A book filled with detailed infor- mation about dairying, dairy cattle. and dairy opportunities in North Da- kota is being prepare® by W. L. Dod- son to advertise the state at the Na- tional Dairy Exposition to be held at the Twin Cities from Oct, 7-14. A part of the proceeds derived from the advertising obtained in this book will be used to send a 100-piece boos- ter-band, members of which will be selected from bands in communities all over the state, to the fair. Commodities and individuals in the state will be asked/ to take a page o1 half page in the book in which to tell about the wonders of their dairy cattle or community, The book which id being prepared by W. L. Dodson with the approval of the governor's committee is for the purpose of creating enthusiasm for better dairy castle and more wide awake communities in the state. Every town, district, or community which wishes to tell the world abou, its fidvantages will be given a chance to write its own story and publish the book will be distributed to visi- tors at the fair grounds. way, it is expected that many peo- ple from other parts of the country will hear about the communities in which there are fine dairy cattle, what these communities have accomp- lished by the maintenance of pure- Mrs. Cyrus, wife of one of the photographs in the book. Copies os |’ In this}: wees By NEA Service = Aug. 2—When most} cipal St. Louis, cities go into the opera business there is suré to be a follow-up of| auditorium in the cool setting of financial deficit and consequent city- wide wailing. St. Louis is not only regularly in the opera business but is running the entertainments at a big financial | backers pocketed the loss cheerfully. profit, and+in, addition.»is providing |The next. season the venture did free entertainment, for'1700 persgns who other attend shows: .' ! In. the. world’s largest open-air theater, this . municipality, has, for four years every night ‘during two] money?” asked the surprised’man- summer months, entettained from 6000 to, 9000 peayle with: good. music and clean fun. It,,-has .madeyjlight opera, of the best class, an art for, all the people. ,It has provided’ a free school to ‘which St. Louis ‘is indebted for a chorus of‘singers ‘an dancers that. the best of private impressarids. can well envy. “Docs it pay? ,You bet!” says Mayor Henry W. Kiel of the Muni- cipal Theater Association. “Does it pay?” echoes Public Wel- fare Director Nelson Cunliff. “LI should say it does! Just look at this picture and see for yourself.” How It Started . But does it pay in dollars and cents? It does, indeed. It wasn’t for financial profit that it was found- ed, but it has done so well in that respect that’ the management has been puzzled once or twice to decide what to do with accumulated funds. “Material greatness isn’t every- thing in the life of a city any more than in the life of an individual,” remarked a group of leading St. Louis business men to one another four years ago. “There /are enter- tainment and encouragement of the arts and mental improvement. to be considered, too.” Ae bred stock, and the possibilities of dairying in the state. The money which is obtained in this way will be used to finance the expenses of the .100-piece booster band which is to. be sent from. North Dakota. . The members for this band are to be selected from among the musicians in every. community in the state. Mr. Dodson is arranging to send duplicate copies of music to band leaders over the state, in order to have a group of players who can play harmoniously together after a few-rehearsals prior to their appeas ance at the fair grounds. Communi- ties that have individuals ‘or groups of individuals who have some par- ticular type of music or selections to play for the purpose of advertising their own community will have every chance of doing so, since “it will be necessary at times to break up the band into units to play at different places on the fair grounds,” said Mr. Dodson, who will have charge of ths direction of the. booster band. ‘DAUGHTER BORN AFTER SHOOTING 1—The day ‘Amidon, N.:D.,. Aug. following the release under $12,000 bail of David McCutchan, charged with first degree murder in connec- - tion with the fatal shooting of VW vor “tmerica’s Home Shoe Polish ii rm I] ATH fe could not afford’ to! ws 4 profit of $24,000. Great For School Children. The SHINOLA HOME SET-helps. the children to form lasting habits of economy, by making it easier to get the daily shine. The genuine bristle dauber cleans the shoes, and applies polish easily and quickly,’ The large Lamb’s Wool Polisher brings the shine with a few strokes. For 100% neatness, the shoes should be shined daily with SHINOLA. Shinola— Always 10c Black, Tan, White, Ox-blood: and Brown. best to say ‘“‘SHINOLA”’ CITY RUNS OPERA — AND MAKES IT PAY. he Theater Association, estab- lished thé present beautiful open-air Forest Park and proceeded to pro- duce a series of high-grade musical entertainments, There was a deficit. at first but the better financially. Last year there Have Free Seats “What shall we do with all this agement, for the association’s char- | ter requires the re-investment ‘of such funds in the enterprise ‘itself. Part of the $24,000 was spent for new seats and other theater needs, but, a goodly sum still remained. “Let's spend it in training our own chorus, and develop’ finally a Free Municipal School of Light Opera,” someone suggested. Thereupon they formed the Munk g ° summer at Lakewood, near Devils Lake. He expects to move his family to Fargo within the next month, Since his return from New York, Mr. Burke has been looking over the var cities of the state for the purpose of selecting one in which to practive law. Speaking last night at Devils Lake of Fargo, he said: “I like Fargo, and think it is the coming city of the northwest.” p Asked if he woatd enter politics again, the former governor of North kota said, “No, I think I shall re- main out of polities.” SHIPS CATTLE. L. E. Heaton of McKenzie was in Bismarck last night preparing for the shipment of six carloads, or about 240 head of eattle from the McKen- zie district to the Sioux City stock- yards. Mr. Heaton said that wheat on his farm near McKenzie was the And this is what’s being done now. -b44¢ he had ever raised. During the present eight-week season, eight operas and operettas have been given at a cost of ap- proximately $20,000 each, and when, the books are audited a profit of} some $40,000 will be shown. Municipal opera audiences are “as democratic as any crowds at a base- ball game. For those who could not attend otherwise, there are 1700 free _ Examination of the fossil skull of the Rhodesian man shows that that prehistoric individual suffered frqn tooth trouble and earache. The invention of a typewriter for music is reported from Prague. AIDS CAMPAIGN “BOOSTING ND Form Letter to Be Distributed to Business Men . - Acting upon the suggestion that residents of Bismarck and other cit- ies utilize the present situation to write to friends in the middle west calling attention to the need ot farm workers in North Dakota and at the same time boost North Dakua, Price Owens has prepared a form letter which he will distribute to business men to be used for this purpose, In addition to telling of the nced of harvest workers and calling at- tention to the special rates made ty the railroads to harvest workers, the letter says: \. “I think you will be interested to ‘know that North Dakota farm lands have never had a boom. We do not want inflated values in our. state, but we do want actual settlers, and to assure you that you can buy a farm in North Dakota at from $20 to $50 an acre which will produce acre for acre as much as, lands of twice and three times the value: any- where’ in thé central states. “We have been successful in get- ting this special railroad rate with a view to, actually showing our lands to men and ‘women who want to buy their own farms. These lands. can be bought on very attractive terms and there is,no time in the year bet- ter for an actual investigation of what the country will produce than the“ harvest season. “We shall be very glad to have you write us: that you will come and if you have any friends who might be interested, either in the work dur- ing harvest, or in the investigation of land valueswith a view to pur-] chase, we hope they will come. The letters are’to be signed by business: men and. sent to friends in Towa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and other central. stataes. DENY DIVISION ATTEMPT, Ft. Yates, N. D., Aug. 2.—At a meeting Friday evening of the Fort Yates Commercial club, it was decid- ed to place suitable signs along the capital-to-capital highway to indicate the direction and distance of neigh- boring towns. These signs will be placed where other’ roads meet or intersect the trail. The elimination of weeds on the townsite and around the grave of Sitt‘ug Bull was urged, . WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1922 In Italy \ This bathing beauty at Ligure, Italy, wears as scanty a costume. as some of our fair water nymphs, Flowered silk gives a novel effect. nt ee, and the cluk took the necessary steps to have these cut immediately. Since the meeting word has been received from McIntosh, stating that the report ofthe attempt to divert the capital-to-capital highway over the Metigoshe trail was entirely without foundation. Such a report was brought to the attention of the Com- mercial club at its first meeting. The club will be pleased to hear that the report is not true. DAIRY COMPANY 1S ORGANIZED Will Operate Wholesale and Retail Business A building will be erected by W. H. Webb for the Modern Dairy Com- pany on Fifth street, just north of Broadway. The building will be con- structed especially for the dairy company and is expected to be ready for occupancy about September 15. The Modern Dairy Company, re- cently incorporated, will «conduct a wholesale and retail business, in dairy products of all kinds, ,and manufacture ice cream and butter. ‘Active members of the company are W. N. Cool, who has been engaged in the dairy business for many years, and E, E. Bailey, now em- ployed at Gussner’s, who will han- dle the sales and office end of the business. CLAIM FILED AGAINST BOND A claim has been filed with the stéta hordine ford against the bond of, Mrs. M. C. Wilkinson, assessor in Burra tow! p, Will county. Arthur Cassidy, claiman Mrs, Wilkinson failed to lis us villable and he therefore was un- able to collect from the state hail insurance department a loss of $192.80 he said he suffered by hail. Ke INDIAN FATR DATE FIXED. Ft. Yates, N. D., Aug. 2—T Standing Rock Indian Fair assoc! tion will hold its eleventh annual fair at Fort Yates this year on the 6th, 7th and 8th of September. Elec- tions will be held today in many of the districts of the reservation for the election of district fair officiats. Elaborate plans are being made for a fair that will surpass that of any former year. i REHEARING DENIED. Rehearing in the Great Northern- Portland Junction case has been de- nied by the Interstate Commerce Commission, according to word re- ceived by the state railroad commis- sion. In this case the commission re- fused the petition of the Great Northerg to abandon track between Portland and Portland Junction, Arabians salute each other ‘by placing check against cheek, seats. Between the acts the music lovers eat erackerjack, drink soda! pop, discuss the performances and the artists, and get acquainted. — | Certainly, nowhere else in America and ‘probably nowhere else in the} world, is good music available free, or at the most popular, of prices,|’ for such numbers of people, by an organization which actually ~ has money left over for its own develop- ment after paying its own wa i é was born to Mrs. Inman, widow of the slain man. The birth, coming four months after the fatal shooting, leaves the widow with four:daughters to support. Bail bond was signed by J. £, Phelan of Bowman, And others. It is said to be the anderstanding ‘that McCutchan remain on the farm, just north of Amidon, where the family is living. Admittance to bail of a ‘prisoner charged with murder, attorneys ex plain, is possible under the change in North Dakota laws; imposing, life imprisonment instead of capital, pun- ishment for murder. was, The casa, taken from Slope to Stark county on a change of venue, probably will come up.at the August term of district court for Stark coun- = <€ JOHN BURKE TO PRACTICE LAW | SOON IN FARGO Fargo, N. D., Aug. 1.—John Burke, rmer United States treasurer, who recently returned to North Dakota, has decided to make: his’ permanent home in Fargo, where he jwill. resume the practice of lav. ¢, a Mr. Burke will arfive in Fargo from Devils Lake, his former hom, | to, complete the details incident to opening alaw. office here. 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