The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1922, Page 2

HEART RIVER IRRIGATION PLAN URGED (Bismarck Engineers and Man- “dan Town Criers Hear “Engineers Explain It BEST SITE IN STATE Natural Reservoir Provided . And 15,000 Acres Could be “== Trrigated Each Year The finest site in western North Dakota for the development of an frrigation project is on the Heart river south of Glen Ullin, members ef the Mandan Town Criers and ismarck Eugineers were told last {2 at a dinner given by the n- Criers at the Lewis and Clark tel-in Mandan, when the proposed Heart river irrigation project was ussed. Geo. McMahon, assistant state’ engineer; Prof. Chandler of e state university and George E. Baker all have voiced this opinion, ‘More than 50 attended the dinner, with H..S, Russell, president ‘of: the | | andan ‘Town Criers club ‘presiding. the conclusion the Mandan Town Criers named W. G. Black one of a committee of the club to handle ir- rigation matters for the club, and a pledge was made by the Town Criers to get behind the irrigation movement. Gen. E, A. Williams of Bismarck, president of the North Dakota Ir- rigation Association, told the Town Criers of work done in the past to encourage “wet farming.” He ex- plained that under an act of Con- gress part of the proceeds of the sale of certain federal lands in eight northwest states went: into a general irrigation fund and 50 per- cent was to remain to the credit of the state from which the . money came. In 1910 this was charged, so that the money ‘could be used in re- clamation work any place. As a result, he said, between $12,000,000 and $20,000,000 of money paid imo the reclamation fund from. North Dakota has been expended in other states. Urges United Action General Williams urged united action to request North Dakota senators and representatives to work for passage of a bill by Con- gess returning this money to North Dakota irregation work. Mr. McMahon described the Heart river project. There is, he said, on the Glen Ullin-Elgin road, Morton county, an excellent site for a dam and reservoir, There are two bluffs about/80 feet high on either side of the Heart river, about 700 feet apart. A dam 700 feet wide and 70 feet high could be built which would store enough water to irrigate 15,- 000 acres of land annually, putting 24 inches of water -on the entire acreage. The dam, he: said, could be built cheaply, of earth and rock, and there is plenty of rock at the place, Above the site of the dam the valley widens to a mile, making a, natural reservoir, The site, he said, is about 300 feet higher than Mandan, so that 80 percent of the water could be distributed by gravity. The water would be diverted to three valleys. Mr. McMahon said preliminary surveys had been made by the staté engineer’s office and that it was hoped to get the U. S. Reclamation Service to make a complete survey. Weather bureau records show, Mr. McMahon said, that out of the last 16 years only in two years has there “been insufficient . water. * Would Aid Dairying Mr. McMahon urged the import- ance’ of the project, especially in providing certaim forage crops for use by dairy farmers. He said one farmer in the Heart river valley near the dam site spent nearly §2,- 060 for feed last winter and that he understood nearly $50,000 paid out by farmers around Flasher. MANDAN NEWS | and institutions ~ and by’ \ county | agents, with a view of demonstrat- ing the practicability of small‘ ir-! rigation projects. He resnarked | that this year the Slope territory had grown better wheat than the Red River Valley ever grew. Geo. E, Baker, experienced in ir-s rigatiom.work in “Montana, pro- nounced the Heart river site the best in western North Dakota, { E. H. Tostevin invited those pre- sent to join in the formation of the Missouri Slope Press and Develop- ment Association at Mandan next Monday. Major Welch extended on behalf of the Mandan Town Criers their pleasure at the visit of the engineers and William Barneck re- plied with an invitition to the Man-| dan Criers to join the engineers in! a dinner in Bismarck on the anni- versary of Theodore Roosevelt's birthday. Ed Stein and the Mandan quartet furnished music during the eve- ning. ————__t— Miss Annie Wetch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Joseph Wetch, and Valen- tine Eckroth, stepson’ of Mike Bul- linger of St, Anthony, were united in marriage yesterday morning at nine o’clock by the Rev. Fr.‘ Clemens at. St, Joseph's ‘church, The bride was attended Miss Margaret Schmaltz of Strasburg, the bridegroom’ by ‘his brother, Eddie Bullinger, "After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Eckroth will make their home in Mandan. “Industrial Japan” will be. the sub- ject of the study of the meeting ‘of the Fortnightly club to be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs, L. N. Crary. Mrs, E. J. Conrad will lead in the absence of Mrs. H. K. Jerisen. Japan’s Commer- cial. rights will be the subject of a paper to be: presented by Mrs. F, L. Davenport. Mus. C, F. Pierce will read a paper on’Korea and the Island Extensions of Japan. George Lutz of the Lutz studio, re- turned Monday from a two months’ trip to points along the Northern Pacific railroad where he has been securing views fom the dining car department of the road and for pub- licity purpa@es. The first dancing party. of a ‘series. of 10 to be given during the winter months by Mandan Lodge No. 8, A, F. £ A. M. will be held Friday evening. A marriage’license was issued yes- terday at the office of the county judge to Miss Lydia Redman of Blue| Grass and Peter Scheck of Sims, A daughter was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Graper of Solen at the Deaconess hospital. William Peters of Spokane, Wash., arrived in Mandan yesterday for a visit with relatives, INSURANCE CO. OFFICERS ARE RE-ELECTED Dickinson, N. D., Oct.* 24.—A growth in the business‘of the Far- mers’ Insurance company, Dickinson, was shown in the report of the man- agement to the annual stockholders meeting which was held at the com- pany’s office here. The meeting had been calléd for the annual election of officers and resulted in the following: President—Obert A. Olson, Bis- marck, : Vice President—L. R. Baird, Dick- inson. Vice President—C. F. Merry, Dick- inson, Secretary—Lyall B. Merry, inson, Directows—James A. Buchanan, Bu- chanan; 0. H, Bennett, Jamestown; David Kirk, Niagara; Obert A. Olson, Rismarék: Jos. P. Hess; Mandan, Chas. Scharf, Golden Valley; A.) Li ‘Martin, Sentinel Butte; C. F. Merry, Dickinson; J, F. Davis, Dickinson; L. R. Baird, Dickinson; Lyall’ B. Merry, Dickinson; W. J. Maddock, ‘Plaza; 0, M. Young, Bowman; E. T. Burke, Bismarck; J. E, Davis, Good- rich. Dick- R. F. Flint, state dairy commis- sioner, approved the idea of the pro- ject to provide necessary feed for, use in dairying. E, J. Sullivan, editor of the New Salem Journal, who has been lead- ing exponent of the developement of irrigation, suggested’ that some. work along the lines..of irrigation should be instituted at the state training school at Mandan, that it shold be carried on at other state i aus SAME PRICE ‘over 30 years 25 Ounces for i K BAKING POWDER © SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR MONEY REFUNDED half egg a day. "he Indians Hold Conference With . S. Commissioner (By the Associated Press) Pierre, S. D,, Oct. 24—Chiefs of the various bands of Dakota (Sioux) | Indians, reservation superintendents, Indian and white officials of | the church and representatives .of the federal goverriment met in Pierre today at the request of Charles H. Burke, United States commissiéner of Indian affairs. The conference is to take up a number of questions re- | lating to the welfare of the Indians and adjustment of their claims. Among the more important sub- jects to be discussed is the claim of the Indians for return to them of the whole area of the Black Hills. The Red Men contend that chiefs of the tribes.concerned ceded the Black Hills to the United States’ without the consent of the required number of male members of the tribes. Un- der the tribal law, cession or sale of land called for a ballot in+ which | three-fourths of the adult males must signify the will to have any change made. The Paha Sapa (Black Hills) were long held sacred by the Indians and | a number of the older members of the Dakota nation still cling to the old ways and beliefs. Consequently there are representatives of nearly every band on the Standing Rock, Pine\ Ridge, Rosebud, Yankton, Low- er Brule and Crow Creek reserva- | tions present at the pow pow. They | will try to agree upon attorneys to! represent them in the trial. of their | claims ‘in federal courts. The per capita. consumption of eggs in the United States~in one- “Senatoress’ ” Senate Office Building, ‘Weshington, ‘Secretary Miss Sarah Orr, Dublin, Ga., secretary to ‘Mrs, William H. Feta Georgia, America’s first woman senator, at work in the’ office in’ ‘the ii allotted to Mrs. Felton. ASKS LEMKE OF STATE BRIBE OFFERED HIM Attorney - General Jot ysOn Sends Letter Asking Specific Answer TO. REFERS SPEECH Demand was served today upon William Lemke, league candidate fur Governor, in an open letter by At- torney-General Johnson that if Lem- ke were offered a $250,000 bribe to handle’a state case in a certain way he come forward with the names of the parties so that they may be pros- ecuted. ‘ Taking notice of reported state- ments of Lemke which Mr. Johnson holds insinuates that he has accept- ed the bribe the Attorney-General also demanded that Lemke prove or retract his statement. Mr. Johnson also directed inquiry to U. L. Burdick, who had been quot ed in newspapers as stating he had forwarded to the Attorney-General a complaint for the° North Dakota Wheat Growers Asgociation of dis- crimination by elevators, Mr. John- son stating no such complaint had reathed his office. “I have before me newspaper re- ports, and a personal letter from one of your hearers, from which it appears that you said in’:a speech at. Hebron, N. D. and perhaps in other places, in substance, that when you were Attorney-General certain interests—you were careful not to mention them—offered you $250,000 to handle ‘a certain lawsuit’—you were careful not to mention the title or name of the lawsuit—in a certain manner’—you were reful not to mention the ‘manne that you refused the offer,’ Johnson’s letter. “It is also said that you stated at the same time that you would not sa¥ that Sveinbjorn Jobitson would take a bribe, but that the case’ was handled the way you were asked to handle it, and that ‘you can draw your own conclusions.” Declaring to Lemke that “you in- tended. in this speech that. your hearers should leave the hall with the -conviction, at least with the suspicion that I. was a bribe taker and a betrayer of official trust and duty.” Mr. Johnsons demands that Lemke give six answers: 1. Name the title of the lawsuit for the handling of sich in a cer- tain way Lemke claimed. he was of-, fered a $250,000 bribe. ¢2, State.in what ‘specific way did the interests demand the case be handed. f 3. Name the person or persors offering the bribe. 4, Say’ where they made the offer, and the date. 4. Say where they made the of- fer, and the date, 6. Answer why “you did not im- mediately swear opt a complaint against those persons ‘under section 93 03, C. L. 1918, North Dakota, and other criminal statutes, which de- nounce an offer of a bribe to a pub- lic official most severely and fix the penalty at imprisonment ‘in’ the: penitentiary not to exceed ten ‘years’| or a fine not exceeding: $5,000, or, both. In permitting. this::to” go un+ punished you were grossly -derelict in your duty. You will-please explain this lapse upon your part.” 6. Answer “Will -you‘at once: yveri-' agains<'|' fy a criminal complaint these persons or the person so that I may have him promptly: arrested and prosecut@d?” MRS. OLESEN IN DENIAL Chairman Claims She Didn’t Takes Sides in N. D, Denial that Mrs. Anna Olesén, De- mocratic candidate for United States Senator in Minnesota, endorsed the candidacy of former Governor Lynn J. Frazier, Republican-Nonpartisan, in the North Dakota campaign. 13 made by Chairman Wolf of the Mi nesota Democratic Central :commit- tee in a letter to Henry Holt, secre- tary of the North Dakota Democrat- ie committee, made. public here, Chairman Wolf said: “I had‘ an opportunity last’ night to ~disenss with Mrs. Olesen her talk in. Moor- head and she authorized me to write you, as state secretary that at 10 time either at Moorhead. or in :any other speech has she referred to Mr./ Frazier. She further wanted:me to advise you that she is not taking any part in any campaign, outside ‘of the state of Minnesoa and to. as- sure you that she did mot endarse Mr, Frazier: “If, the, Fargo . paper auintg such ‘an item’ they‘did’ it merely to tiy to! put Mrs. Olesen’ in a bad ‘position between the two different states and candidates.” ig Henry Ford Schooner | Withdraws from Race| (By the “Associated Press) s' Mass, Oct. 24.—The schooner ‘Henry Ford to- day definitely withdrew from the rac- | ing for the international fishing | schopner championship .of the North Atlantic. Captain CTayton Morri sey, asserted that his boat and his men had, already won the two races from the Canadian’ champion “Blue Nose necessary for the possession of the title trophy and put iron ballast aboard preparatory to going fishing. ‘The first race last Saturday: was declared void because of disregard of postponement signals. The» Ford won again yesterday with a make- shift ‘crew recruited with the-aid of Seerétary of the Navy Denby. Aboard his boat teday supervising the work of converting, her again from a racing schooner to a working vessel, Captain Morrissey of the Ford said he,was sick but “sick most- ly .of committees and yachting rules and this and that and the other things which spoiled the sport that we set out on.” The Gloucester schooner Hemy Ford, with.a makeshift crew recruit- ed with the aid. of Secretary of*the Navy Denby after some of - the regular crew had refused to race, competed with the Nova - Scotia schooner Blue Nose today in the Mothers Weep at Monument Each of these weeping women is ne pSialetea ‘accident. They-are watching the unveilling in Cen! The ceremony was the start of Nex ment dedicated to saving child life. York's Safety First Week mother of a child killed in.ay of a monw 200 Gui aco.us PAT OFF first pificial. test of three races for the year’s championship of the At- lantic fishing fleets. Members of the Ford’s crew! re- fused’ to race, because the Ford’s vic- tory of Saturday was declared nui asthe result of the contestants dis- regarding postponemeht signals. The race’ started at 11, o’colck. | St. Joseph, Mich——Judge White re- fused.to reduce the bonds of 20 radi- cals gharged with violating the Mich- igan syndicalism act. Eight were re turned to jail pending trial next month. relve remained at liberty under ‘bonds of $10,000 each, Brainerd, Minn—A giant magnet was used to.remove a 22-calibre bu!- let from the eye of a boy, Iden Wade, The cardridge exploded when ‘he pounded it with a rock. Thomas Dolan, who hanged himself last Wednesday, we; a member of 1870 to find Livingstone. Grand Forks, N, D.—Blocked ele- sections of Northwest filled with wheat, will be given preference, in the allotment of cars Northern railroad. Madison, Wis.—Announced Senator Robert M. LaFollette will campaign senate in Minnesota, and for L. Frazier, candidate for United States senate in North Dakota. Speaks in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Grand Forks. | NEWS BRIEFS | Seattle, Wash.—Friends said that | the Stanley Expedition to Africa inj vators ‘in North Dakota and other} by Great; next two.weeks for Dr. Henrik Ship-, ‘stead, candidate for United States’ AN nly the Victrola - such a distinction It is the personal representative of the great- est artists in ‘your home. achievements of which they are so justly proud are recorded on Victor Records, and when they are played on the Victrola the result is a per- i pe formance in every way worthy of the artist him- , self—and as true to life. Be sure the instrument you buy is a Victrola— look for the. Victor trademarks. 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