The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 20, 1922, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SAYS RECORDS | OF BANKRUPT'S. STORE ALTERED Fermer Bookkceper Testifies In Clothing Case Being Heard in U. S. Court DEFENSE MAK Blanche Garr Assertion of Mi { e Gordon Cloth- | former employe of <i ing company of Minot, that some of! the | pany had been changed by Jay Gor-| don, that the particular records | before Judge Miller in federal court | here were therefore incorrect, ed the closing of the plaintiff's case | ‘ords on the books of the com-| in the suit of the receiver to re-! cover from various defendants two} store al Minot «nd one at Malley rre, made! mina ton, followed | by a demand of deiendants’ attor-| neys for detailed information in connection with her statements, Mi ment of Mé: Garre followed O. R, Ball of Sobey,! Mont. on the stand, Mr, Ball testi-) fying us to inventories made in the! Gordon stor; n Minot after credi- tors had taken charge. | The plaintiff made an effort} through voluminous records to prove! that Abe Gordon, moving spirit inj the Gordon Clothing Company and! store at Minot, started! 000 stock of goods, that} s were made during 1921} * to $81,000 and that | to $41,000 only had beeni { for. Gordon failed late in 19: ! ‘As the plaintiff rested it case at-! and the; | moved for dismi: against these defendants, a: that there had been no evidence t support the plaintiff's claim that on, the bankrupt, had been 1 in the store of his brath- ey City and declaring that ence showed Sam Gordon was mes the sole owner. further esserted there was e e to show that Abe Gor don transferred any goods from Mi- not to the Valley City store. ther défendants, | wtives of Abe Gor-| don who are alleged to have benefit- ted by alleged fraudulent transfers | of property, moved for dismissal of ce against che other defend- nts. Judge Miller reserved deci- n until the end of the case, and endants’ attorneys prepared to go into’an extensive yresentation of the. defense, consuming probably two or) three d for numerous CQ. ASSESSOR SYSTEM TO BE URGED AGAIN One of the things the coming’ ses- | sion of the North Dakota legislature will have to consider, if Tax Com- | missioner C. C. Converse has his way abcut it is the establishment of a system of county assessors. Mr. Converse favors a charge from the} present system as a basis if getting | a good assessment for all parts of a given county, and of possibly a greater coordination of the assess- ments of all the counties of the state. | The assessment must be good be- fore any board or set of boards can make a good equalization, declares Mr. Converse. “If the assessor preforms his work well, then the’ work of the} other officials having to do with taxation is easy,” declares the tax! commissioner. “If his work be bad-| ly done, it becomes practically im-| possible for any other official or beard to correct his mistakes, He, more than any other official, may | put the axe into tax or take the axe out of tax. True, boards of re- view pass upon his work, but they; have very little opportunity, com: paratively, to make the assessment just and fair. 1 I dé not believe it is possible for ‘any board of review to transform a! very bad assessment into a very! good one. As for county boards of | equalization and the state board of equalization, it is not even in the realm of possibility for them to ac- complish such a transformation. the | reason for this. lies in the limita- tion upon their power and the nature ef the problem which confronts | them, The county board ‘is obliged to raise or lower valuations by tax- icts. In raising a given! township, their action increases | some valuatons which are already! { too high in the effort to raise others| which too low. It is the con- tizen who is thus pen- d for his honesty and fairness. | Generally the same inequalities ex- ist in the valuations after the board | Gf equalization has performed its} work as did when the assessor turn-| ed over his books to the board of review. It is to the assessor we! must look for a fair assessment; | and, without a fair assessment, it} is impossible, fairly to apportion | the burden of assessment, { Dance tonight at enclosed Riverside Pavilion. tone lifted the purse from his hip- Murphy of Minot, attor-! pocket. ‘ * James. Now, that’s settled. My, How People Prince, Nubian lion of the San Diego 200, is said to have the most bored expression of all living animals. Probably it’s because he has! to look at a throng, of gaping humans in front of his cage all day, Bore Him! DIAMOND AND | PURSE TAKEN The first theft’ occurring amor » pageant crowds cost P. E. Peterson, engineer on the switch between Man- dan and Bismarck, about $50 and cash and a diamond stickpin valued lady board a bus in front of the Lew- is and Clark hotel at Mandan some- Onions Strong, But Don’t Hurt Soil, Expert Says Fargo, N. D., Sept. 20.—One of; the queer things about raising | onions is the fact that they. may be, planted on ‘the same lot of ground year after year andthe ground | | \grows better for their culture as time goes on, according to A. F. Yeager, _horticulturist at the North Dakota agricultural college. This is due to the fact that onion fields are kept free from weeds and improve in this regard ‘as time goes on and also Because the field usually becomes more perfectly levelled off each year under proper onion culture. Ground in which onions are planted is not apt to be- come disease infected as is ground Which Is Which? This picture will set London (Ont.) school kids straight as ‘ which. of the twin teachers there is which. The one above is Walter’ Shales and below is his brother, | | | planted to other crops, Fertilizer mus: be added to keep up production, however, Mr. Yea- Ber says. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 20.—Agreement was signed today by the Southern Railway and representatives of the Order of Railroad Conductors and at $300 which was in the pocketbook.! the Brotherhood of Railway Train- While Mr, Peterson was helping a men extending until January 1, 1924. Present’ ‘wages and working condi- tions ‘of’ members of these unions employed’ by the Southern system. aw potatoes and SIGN AGREEMENT (EXCISE TAX IS VIOLATION OF CONSTITUTION Fargo, N. D., Sept. 20.—To per- mit the spread of the exise or cap- ital stock tax, as the state tax com- missioner has interpreted the law to mean, on the basis of proportion of business -which each business within and without the state, would be to:place a direct tax on the gross earning derived from carrying,on commerce. among the states and with foreign nations, the complaint . alleges: and therefore would be in violation of section 8, article 1. of the constitution of the ‘United States. a Two previous -suits involving the collection of this tax have been de- cided by the supreme court against the state. The accrued amount due the state from the plaintiff railroads under this law gince’ it was enacted is approximately $200,000. SCOUR WOODS: FOR CHILD (By the Associated Press) Grand Forks, .N.“D., Sept. 20.— Searchers who have. been scouring the woods and fields, in the vicinity of Mallory, Minnesota, seven miles east of here since last evening for trace of Russell Coulter, three-year old son of C. C, Coulter, a farmer, had been unsuccessful up to noon to- day, according to information avail- able here, The lad disappeared from, his father’s farm late yesterday aft- ernoon, MAY ESTABLISH EMBARGO “1 (By the Associated Press) St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 20.—tf Northwestern consumers of coal will not do their part by making suffi- cient purchases from dock companies lower lake ports, it is probabl2 an embargo will be established which here. C. E. Tuttle, lake coal advisor on the staff of Federal Fuel. Distri- pbutor H. B, Spencer, advised C. B. White, Northwest Federal. fuel dis- tribuor, today. OAL doesn’t eat any bread!” and a supply in your cellar now insures heat and comfort this Winter. Surely you can get Coal later, too, but when the streets are covered with snow and ice and everybody is clamor- ing for service, deliveries are impaired.: Then, too, there are other contingencies that have before curtailed the Coal supply in Winter: again, but they might! We mine and sell our own.coal. The Famous Wilton’ , The coal without a fault; this coal does not clinker and contains less sulphur and ash than any Lignite Coal. other lignite mined in North Dakota. Phone 452 f Washburn Lignite Coal Co. Wy l WS Pm. =~ company | within the state bears to its total) to enable them to move the coal from |’ would inevitably result in a shortage | we hope they won’t WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1922 pletion ....... 83 184,828.00] appraised .1864 17,636,440.00 He Follows.”Em to School Loans completed 57 144,900.00 | Total loans | ap- “ Total operations since January 1,| proved ....1634 5,286,200.00 1922, Total applications received ..4070 Total applications STETSON HATS}. Styled for Young Men Dance tonight at enclosed $15,876,920.00 Riverside Pavilion. | | From a wide variety ‘ of styles at various prices. This new Stetson is being presented as the feature hat for fall. Styled For Young Men. Price $7.00 ‘When Billy was hit by an auto and bruised a bit all the kids in thé Penge district of London went to see him, for Billy made thelr acquaint ance when he followed his owner's children to cchool. MEN’S CLOTHES SHOP | . ‘STATEMENT OF Loang approved.117 355,550.00 i : i Loans ted LOANS MADE}| ‘tne papers sent ALEX ROSEN & BRO. Prop. | phe : for; execution .109 358,950.00] McKenzie Hotel ‘Block. Bismarck. semi-monthly statement, showing the operation of the farm loan department of the Bank of North Dakota for two weeks ending September 16, was issued today by the department as follows: No, Amount Applications re- Paid on loans in process of com- ceived +181 $670,700.09 Appraisal s received ..... 146 578,500.00 * AND BANK THE SAVINGS EVERY DAY? : CORWIN MGTOR Co, 1 $e | IIIT nn oe : * - Get Your Lignite NOW PEOPLE OF NORTH DAKOTA AGAIN WARNED TO © ‘ “ORDER LIGNITE—DEALERS PROMISING EASTERN COAL TAKING BIG CHANCES The people of North Dakota should order their lignite coal now and insist on getting a large part of their winter’s supply immediately. As winter approaches it becomes more and more evident that eastern coal will not be available and retail dealers in. North Dakota who are assuring customers that’ they will have all the eastern coal needed, are taking big chances. Frank Milhollan, president of the North Dakota Board’ of Railroad Cmmissioners, insists that North Dakota is going to be without coal un- less a supply of lignite is put in now. The railroad commission is the state fuel administrator, hence Mr. Milhollan is in a position to know. His warning to North Dakota follows in part: “Unless the people of North Dakota awake to the seriousness of, the present fuel shortage and lay in a supply, many homes will:be without fuel during the coming winter. Reports have been printed in some newspapers to the effect that there would be plenty of coal for distribution in North Dakota. The parties responsible for these, statements are not conversant with the sit- uation. « “The representative of the North Dakota railroad commis- sion, who has been stationed at the docks in Minnesota, advises the board that our people absolutely must lay in lignite now or they are going to be left. Many of-the Duluth and Superior dock operators are also mine owners and it is stated that they can sell coal to Canada and New England states at a larger profit. than they can in the Northwest. Even with the best possible .per- formance from now until closing of navigation, we will be unable to get but a very small proportion of the lake coal we have received in former years.” In his appeal to the people of North Dakota.a few days ago, Gov. R. A. Nestos asked the co-operation of the people of the state so that North Dakota lignite mines could work at full capacity during September and October and be in a better position to serve the entire state when the demand becomes greater with the arrival of cold weather. Governor Nestos and Commissioner Milhollan should know. They are in touch with the situation and their appeals are sent out in the in- terest of the people of North Dakota. Insist that your local dealer get you a supply of lignite immediately. ‘The risk is too great for you to take a chance. If you want information on lignite and its use for domestic or indus- trial purposes, write the Railroad Commission, Bismarck, for the pamph- let recéntly published. Mn SaTMAIUOUUHNOONUVONH000G00000000000000000ASONUAEANOGAEUEAEUOGOOEOUGEEROGEOOUGSOOOOORUOEEROUEEOROOGECOEEEOUGEOREAOOOUGOUOOOOOGOREOUUEGEOOONERHERUAEUUOOUREREOOUGOU GLAU a Phone 452 Published in the interest of the entire state-by The North Dakota Lignite Coal Operators Ass'n, > | iz B ALL ~ Bismarck Baseball Park. Admission 50c _ SATURDAY, 3:30 P. M. : Bismarck H, S. vs. State Training School x A