The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 17, 1923, Page 3

, x WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1928 ‘OVERLOADING 'OF TRUCKS IS BIGGEST EVIL " New York Has Stringent Law Against Overtaxing Hauling Powers 7 { + * 4 i HARD ON. HIGHWAYS Breakdown of ’Effici@hcy Is i Result of Taxing by 4 Excessive Load “If there is ans place where the , burning of the candle at both ends homily applies,” a motor truck own- | er of long experience recently de- clared to J. C. tant branch ma ational Harvester Company of America, “it sure comes home fast and hard in the overloading of a motor truck. “I started out with my express | and freight hauling business a num; ber of year: We gave the right kind of service, and the work cgme to us in larger and larger quantities. |*+ My 4,000-pound capacity trucks soon} were carrying 6,000, pounds and: over, | but I was so busy with the office and the work that I completely for- | got the loads the trucks were car-! rying. This was in the early days |; of overland freight hauling with motor trucks, and, of course, we had to learn by our mistakes. “Somewhere in the back of my mind, howevtr,,I realized that we were } for tires and 1eplacements, but the business was growing rapidly and we were making money—at least, it seemed so on the surface. “As part of its service procedure, the truck company sent a road engi- neer around every three or four months to inspect our machines This representative warned me sev- eral times that we were: overloading our trucks, but after each inspection I ordered the parts that needed re- placement, made the repairs the en- gineer said were nec§ssary and sim- | ply forget the warning. We just went after more and more business and piled larger and heavier loads on the trucks. “Finally “the business came in so} ®fast that I had to bring my wife into the office to take charge of the books. | After one of his regular inspections, | the truck company representative, | seeing that he had failed to convince | me, told my wife that if she would | make me stop overloading our trucks, she would become the most profitable | partner in the pusine He “went over the written inspection reports for the preceding year with her, and dwelt particularly on the total fig- ures of our operating expense. He compared jour operating costs with trucks of like make in sjmilar work. He showed how ‘the pile cost of operation brought on by overloading | would have wore than paid for an- other truck during the three years} we had been in the freight hauling| busin “The road engineer then went on to explain that there were so many load miles builf\ into a truck and if we took out a reater part of the total lomd-miles in overloads, we cut down the life of the truck by more than half and our opedating costs were more than double what they would be ‘if we loaded the trucks properly: de showed where our bus- iness was making a fair profit on the books, but we were not charging off enough for depreciation to compen- sate for the shorter life of om trucks due to excessive overloading. “My wife was won over by the| service man’s argument. She brought | the books home one night and then went after me. With the figures she showed me and what the servige en- gineer had told me, I suddenly be- "came convinced that it was worth while to pay close attention to the written inspection reports and the suggestion of the truck company’s represenfative. ’ “The final upshot of it was that I called the road engineer in and to- ‘gether we planned our hauling )so there would be go overload. ‘he trucks are now Aoaded to capacity, both coming and going, for an empty. truck or one carrying half a load is not a profit maker. By,using a lit- tle headfork, I nw. reaifze there is no need for ovetloading. It took the combined efforts of thé truck cdm- pany’s/engincer and my wife to drive home that fact.” After reciting thig truck’ owner’s experience, Mr. ‘Taylor dwelt on the injuries to highways that result from overloading of.-trucks. In, building a motor truck, he pointed out, thu manufacture cope a certain size of tire large engigh to cushion the; load and protectghe road.under spec- ified maximum capagity load., When overloaded, the tires “break into the road bed and naturally. Aniprs it. | Authorties everywhere, Mr. Taylor | went on o state, are recognizing the evils of truck ' overleading and are e\ resorting to stringent means to for- bid the evil practice. In New York | state for example, drivers are being fined and in some instances jailed. |This state has established a fine of $50 or a month in jail as the mini. | using overloaded motor trucks on | public highways. For the second of- |fense, there is a minimum fine of | $150 or two months in jail, and for {the third, a minimum fine of $100 jand the suspension of registration | of truck for not less than thirty days | nor more than six months. In Mary- jdand, the highway police force truck drivers to unload and pile at the | roadside such part of the load in ex- | cessyof rated capacity and then send |for ‘another truck at the operator's expense to carry it off, | Overloading is one of the biggest evils that truck manufacturers must contend with, declared Mr. Taylor. | If stringent and restrictive legisla- tion against trucks is passed by the various states, it will be largely the fault of the owners who wink at de- structive overloading practices, BUDGET FOR — COUNTY URGED | President of Auditors Asso- |, ciation Sees it as Great THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE lture. From, past experience he | knows an evening's entertainment is going to be combined with the Lacy in hand. Never has Univer- [sal’s dynamic star appeared in a disappointing picture. ‘herself in her characterization, her flashing eyes, and mobile fea- | tures enable her, to give portrayals |that carry away even the most | blase of patrons. - Announcement of her coming to {the Capitol theater in such a mag-j} | nificent vehicle as Ouida’s “Under | Two Flags” found us in a recep- | tive frame of mind, and the jaunt jto the Capitol theater was made! last night in an expectant mood. | As usual, there were no disappoint- {hents. Our favorite: star “ca i through again. A® a matter of face | thatjhardly expresses our real feel- jingsjabout this picture. I: is far j and away the best thing that Miss Dean has done. Her interpretation gf the pas- sionate Cigarette, who loves and | hatés with eq intensity, work of art. The picture opens with the cafe scene where thé.man | of mystery, “Victory,” is\ gambling |with Cigarette to see yhether he fights with the Frenth or the ; Arabs. rom the start Director Tod Browning has get a fast tempo | which is maintained throughoutyin- creasing at the finish to.a “cres- | cendo furioso.” The scenes show- |ing Cigarette in her wild desert | Tace aganist death, and the climax where she gives her life for ‘the | Her vital- | mum penalty for the first offense in| ity, utter abandon, ability to lose je | is a} WILL CURTAIL ‘ALCOHOL USE IN DRY FIGHT | U.S. Authorities Decide Upon | | Drastic Step in Washing- ton Meeting e \ \ | PERMITS ARE REVOKED, | (By the Associated Press) Washington, Jan, 17.—Drastic cur- jtailment of dealings in denatured! and industrial alcohol has been. de- | cided upon by federal prohibition authorities in their next step to com- | bat the illicit liquor traffic. Ordeys have been issued for the! {revocation of score# of dealers’ per-| mits, among these being one issued to one of the largest alcoKol pro-| ducing plants in the country. j Decision to witMdraw the license og this plant and to refuse to re-| i8sué dozens for which p»plications | were pending was reached at a con- ference of prohibition officials at-! tended by Acting Commissioner Jones, Acting Director Yellowley of | New York and heads of the principle; bureaus which have headquarters | county commissioners, possible re-| science and many items that we can get along w.thout, This appl.es also to the activities of the counties, such ag county ag- ents and gounty visiting nurses. In the thatter of road building, we | should diseontinue seventy-five or | eighiy per cent of it. | Let all contracts to North Dakot- | ans, | I believe it is wrong to ‘spend | money for immigration. We can make North Dakota a prosperous state if we practice econ- omy, reduce taxes and conduct our affairs along the lines suggested. We should have more cooperation between farmers and business men. It is better to produce a small crop and receive a fair price/than to produce a big crop with heavy expense and get notaing for it. ‘Put the assesed valuation of prop- erty, of the state back where it was six years ago and ghat will cure the era of extravagance. To me the most hopeful sign of | the returning sanity is to sce far- mers riding to and, from town in buggies, One extravagance wé are laboring under today is the automo- bile and this is an expense we can curtail if we will. Repeal of the mothers pension law, | or at least amendments to place the | administration of awards in cases pending wholly in the hands of the peal of the delinquent tax list pub- lication law seemed to have a scant | majority while support for the state | orphanage, repeal of the seeds and feed bonding law and other import- | | ‘ | Help {man she loves and her France, are some of Legislation providing for a reai| WY screen. counties an county budget system would be a big | step toward economy and efficiency ub-divisions, in the beloved the finest things ever portrayed on the shad- ing out considerable money ; | association already had been put be- | by emissaries from India and taken J opinion of William W. Felson, au-/| ditor of Pembina county and pr |dent of the state auditors’ associa | tion, who is in Bismarck for several | days to confer with officials and leg- islators concerning recommendati of the auditors, | | “Gheveounty budgeting: syatemshas | | been tried in/Pembina county with | |fine results, Mr. Felson said. Not | only is there a regular session of the | commissioners at which various offi- cials‘'make formal representation concerning the needs of their of- fices, but. the budgetfng extends to all sub-divisions, A general meeting is held, and school officers and oth- efs attend to discuss finances and| best methods of handling the county | business. A detailed record of re-! | quests, decreases and increases is maintained by the auditor for the information of taxpayers. Pembina county last year, for the first time, got along on a budget | less than the state tax levy. Mr. Felson said that most of the | recommendations of the auditors’ fore the legislature by representa- tives and senators in bills introduc- | ed. The auditors also Want to see a change in the tax limitation law. ! Mr. Felson will represent the audit- | ors in working on plans before state officials and legislative committees. TALK PLANS | TO FINANCE EQUITY PLANT Fargo, N. D., Jan. 17.—During the! morning session of the meeting of the Equity Cooperative Packing co pany, it was suggested that a syndi- cate take qyer the quick assets and liabilities agajnst the company. A committee was appointed to con- | fer with representatives of the Far- go Commercial club and other Fargo business and financial interésts in regard to the rehabilitation of the company. According to the statement of Pre- sident Richard, if the company fails to raise funds either by solicitation from the stockholder afd local busi- ness men the syndicate plan will be ttied, The stockholders reelected the three retiring officers and gave the! board a vote of confidence. Present | liabilities of the company totalling | $150,528.95 must be paid_before the company can dissolve the réceiver- ship. ‘ | Accoring to Mr. Richards it will require at least $400,000 to liquidate | the obligations and put the business | on a running basis. | “The only thing to be done,” Mr, | Richards continues, “is to raise mo-| ney, pay off the debts, ad take the plan out of the hands of! receivers.” | Later during the meeting officers were to be elected e : Pe ~~ | AT THE MOVIES | oo -ELTINGE Rodolph Valentino, first as a co!- lege hero at Harvard, then as a gorgeous young prince of India, is the theme of Valentino's latest picture, “The Young Rajah” which showed at the Eltjnge yesterday and which remains for today and tomor- row)\ Wednesday and Thursday. The story was adapted by June Mathis from John Ames Mitchell's popular novel, “Amos Judd,” and the play of the same name-by Alethea Luce. According to the story, Valen- h tino is a Hindu Prince who, as a child,is smuggled out of Indid to save his life and is brought to Am- erica and placed under the care of a New England family. — ; The boy grows up and becomes an athletic. hero at Harvard. His -love affair with a young heiress is broken off when’ he is suddenly kidnapped back to his native land. A usurper has seized the throne there, and Valentino, now back in the garb of an Indian prince, ousts him; Out of a sense of duty toward his people he is about to Pee er love for the e: American, yt a series of unexpect- ed happiness brings things out ha: pily. . ~ “The Young. Rajan” abounds in magnificent settings and lavish’ cos- tumes,* - CAPITOL plainly printed on the ae There {s a certain feeling of sat- faction that comes to q reviewer when. he sallies ‘into a theater to review @ Priscilla Dean Jewel fea- 35 PER CENT INCRBASE 10 CONTINUE Copy of a letter has been received | by the Bismarck Water Supply Com- pany from their attorneys, relative to the effect the last decision of the five The awarding a / temporary thirt percent increase in water rate opinion of the attorney follo “The rates now in effect under the injunction should continue to be charged. The valuation made by the commission_is not final for thirty days and might be~ changed on’ a hearing on objections. In any event, we do not believe that the injunc- tion has become inoperative and un- der any construction it will not+be- come jnoperative for thirty days after the date of the order of the commission,” This statement is made by the water utility to clear up a misun- derstanding in regard to the rates to be charged until the matter is fin- ally litigated in the courts. ». Award Medals in Typewriting Tests Misses Esther Katz, Ella Brelje, and Mary Cram made the highest averages in the speed tests given by the Underwood typewriter people for secopd year students in typewriting in the commercial department at the high school this week. Miss Katz was awarded a bronze medal with a bar for first place. whe wrote at the rate of 55 words.@ min- ute for ten consecutive minutes. Second place was taken\ by Miss Bre- lje who was awarded a bronze medal for writing 49 words: per minute; while Miss Cram was given a -cert ficate for writing 30 words per mi ute, A Dalton calculating machine will be installed in the bookkeeping de- partment gt the high school shortly. Conference on City Welfare Meets Here A conference will be held here to- morrow when a ‘discussi ei lative matters pert: fare ‘of the various municipalities will be-discussed, The conference has been called by W. M. Smart, ! mayor of Minot, it is reported. { Chief among the topics to be dis- cussed is the law limiting the levy which cities may assess for operat- ing expenses, to oné-third of the | Dedicating here. It is understood that reports sub- him that the great bully of this sup- ply was of domestic manufacture } with illegally diverted alcohol used / as a base. Much of the alcohol was! | declared by the prohibition agents| | to“have been re-reetified from stocks | Supposedly denatured in accordance, | with government regulations. | | Aleohol used in the bootleg trade is believed by prohibiton officials, to| come largely from stocks denatured | by the addition of quinine sufficient | to make the solution nauseating as| | It has been found that by | the use of a simple and easily pro-| cured re-agent the quinine can be preejpitated and the clarified alcohol | then’ syphoned off for any use the owner desires, Another denaturing -formula be- lieved t8 have been found by boot- feggers is that which produced indus- j@rial alcohol. Careful distillation in |the process of which the €empera- | ture is held at a given degree is said| | to enable the operator to draw off! drinknig alcohol from the medicated residue, TO BOTTLE BUILT LIQUOR. New York, Jan. 17.—To protect the public from poisonous whisky bought |at drug stores on prescriptions the | government has dbcided to bottle | all bulk liquors now held in@ond and ; to guarantee them as to proof and j qualita BID TO FANS OF RADIO Is | BIG EXPENSE Mayor James Rolph’s Request for. Telegrams Is An- ° swered by Many f str * San Francisco, Jan. 17.—Mayor ganized assault on his personal ex- chequer as a result of a random scientific ‘experiment last night. a radio broadcasting st@ion his Honor spoke in ringing tones into the transmitter. Said he: “{ want to find how far my voic is carrying, how big my audience is. Send in telegrams to me and send them collect. Come on\-Mayor Hyl- and of New York and Mayor Curley of Boston, everybody.” spending. By midnight at least one telegram hed come frém every state in the- Union. It was announced in the mayor's office and Honolulu and a ship 1,000.miles at sea wer repre- sented. wo presidents, Oscar H, Will and bert Orr. Assets now total $311,- 386.38, the annual report showed. eral Leonard Wood became a grand- James Rolph, Jr. today faced an or-J was born here to Lieut and Mrs. Os- born C. Wood. Don’t Be Deceived! toward dreams may be sure that the day will come soon with its old true perspective o. Radio fans were not slow in re-| i just and fair way will be devised to Secure from Germany the restitution witifin the forts in good faith to pay. Relieved of its traditional fear of unprovok- | ant measures were taken up and dis- | cussed by the state association of | mitted by Mr. Yellowley into the county commissioners yesterday aft-| i" settlement of gold balances, the sources of Christmas beverages had! ernoon and today while in session | breaking down of trade barriers and Tenento: a5 Withnthe okie | here. j the climination of trade hazards, MF. Yellowley is' known to have; The session: got dow nto business | The" tae wheels of world industry ES i A rn ih a Of Py Py will revolve with new activity. secured evidence which convinced | t 10 o'clock this morning when an | address was given by Gov. R. A. Nestos, IRECTORS OF © ASSOCIATION ARE ELECTED $2? | Bismarck Building and Loan Body Declaresa 11 Per | Cent Dividend 3 Directors of- the Bismarck Build- ing and Loan ‘Association were elect- ed at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the association last | night, the following being named: | A. W. Lucas, E. A. Hughes, J. L, Bell, F. L. Conklin, C. B. Little, Robert Orr, R. D. Hoskins, R, A. Tracy, J. | A. Larson. The business myeting had just been concluded when the tragic’ death of Robert Orr, presi- dent of the association occurred. The directors will meet later to select officers. A dividend of 11 percent was de- clared by the association, which re- ported a continued prosperious busi- ness. The association organized in 1907, has been of assistance in the building of 250 homes-in the city it was said, and has been attractive from the standpoint of those who have invested in it. It has grown largely of its own volition, it was said, it being the idea of the found- ers to create an agency to help make Bismarck a city of home owners ra- ther than to build a money-making business. The association has had GEN. WOOD GRANDFATHER. Manila, Jan. 17.— Governor-Gen- father for the first time when a son ‘Europe Is On Upgrade | (Guntinued from page 1) of militarism, we proper place and mission, Some to which France is entitled, and limits of Germany’s ef- | on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine F prescribed by physicians over twen- ty-two years and proved safe by mil- lions for only, tains proper directions. es of twelve tablete cost few cents. | Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and 100, | Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetica- cidester. of Salicyltcacid. the total years 1918, 1919 and 1920. “Other matters affecting villages levies made during the As the night crept on the mes- sages continued to .come. By day and cities in the state will be dis- cussed,” said Mayor Smart who urges that every ¢ity have at least one representative present at the meet- light it was estimated the mayor had incurred fire tolls of about $8,000, with possibility of the amount, being doubled, ~ “ in national progress, our confidence and trust. @ rate which can be ed attack, and with the unrivaled willingness of its people at home to work and save, France will vindicate - Great Britain, toning its peonle at laid indeed on ing. "»Geo. Robbins, Well Known Farmer Dies George F, Robbins of Ryder, age f 47 years, passed away at a local hos- | pital early this morning as a result | of gbitre trouble. He was a promi- |nent farmer of the Ryder district. He leaves a wife and five children, the youngest being six months old. Mr. Robbins has been under treat- ment at a local hospital for the past tnree weeks, but had been ut tur ECONOMY BY ALL IS URGED ’ BY MR, HANNA (Continued from-Page 1) Economize all along tae line, Patch up the old farm harness instead, of buying new. must be teduced. Present economic ~conditions, if continued, will eventually drive the farmer from the land. _ Personally, I believe that the peo- Freight rates on farm products | to produce, ope hi dividual, are working their way back few peoples without rebellion, is working its way slowly back to its former dominant position in world trade and finance. A measure of its recovery is the steady march to gold parity of the pound sterling. Fever of War Gone Summarizing Europe as a whole, the fever of war is well out of the blood of its peoples. | There is clear indication of the al- most universal desire to work and These countries that have devel- sound financial ; policies and est practices, like any thrifty in- more than a year. The remains will be taken to Ry-, der where funeral services will pro- bably be held Friday. = TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR ‘RENT—Modern house and gar- age at 14 Rosser St. Inquire of Frank Krall, Bismarck Bank Bldg. 1-17-3t n sagt? Phone 1-17-2t | a few years), apart- Devote ‘aa ments. Unfurnished. See janitor, ° Y 1-17-20 FOR RENT—Furnisked to bé used for light house ki desirdd. Call at 320 4th. st or 6273. FOR RENT—Flat F, Rose ple of North Dakota and tue middle wegt are’ wrong in opposing the Ship Subsidy bill. 7 People do not like the word ‘sub- nl idy’’ believing that ‘big business’, benefit. This is a narrow point, The government subsidizes the | , ‘to normal and healthy life. Their progress is shown by the gold parity of thei currencies, spelling ability to trade oversdas, to exchange commodities, to supply the ——————————— builging: of, good roads. Tariffs sub- sidize. the flax farmer’ and raiser.and the fruit grower. The pogt office department is épbsidized. Taxes have advanced until they: are averaging, the state over, fully. 100" per. cent more than they were At’ ional pa and i y fou, of. our er educational ‘ inatitu- tions ‘should be closed and th faould close the agricultural igh ‘schools’ and the’ state experi- ‘ment farms ‘and thus, belp the. man pon the farm’ who is Searing per cent ofthe tax burden. discontinue in our schools, manual training, domestic 5 . “Clean your bo . nen you feel sick, dizzy, upset, when your head is dull omaching, or| (your stomach is sour or gassy, just take one or two Cascarets to relieve constipation. No griping—nicest lax- ative-cathartic on earth for grown- ‘ups and childten. ae a box. Taste like caridy.—Adv, : ‘ Is! Feel fine! .! co tA es Here’s what they print about ‘Under Two Flags’ featuring PRISCILLA wants of their people and to sell the products of their own industries, Some Solid Nations Switzerland, Holland, Sweden and Japan, together with Canada and the United States, are islands of honest administrative functioning which are recording their currency denomina- tions on_the parity of gold. Spain and Great Britain lack but a small per cent of full recovery, When Great Britain attains tae nominal gold\partiy, then there will be resumed the liquid flow of gold Those who forec collapse of Europe doubt its s tain the economic toward cer- ecovery, fail to grasp the fun- ASPIRIN and Insist! Unless you set the name “Bayer” Bayer product Colds / Toothache Earache Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept “Bayer Pablets of Aspirin” Each unbroken package con- Handy bos- Headache Lumbago Aspirin is the trade mark of AUDITORIUM Bismarck One Night Only, MONDAY, JAN. a2 ADY BILLY" IT OPERATIC SENSA’ At Tie Lissery Mew Cast and Chorus of Company’s Own Orchestra. Latest Parisian \ Fashions. Beate oo Role Shure: lay, 10a. m., Jan. 18, at Harris and Wood- mansee’s, : Prices—Lower Floor $2.75. Balcony $2.75, and’$1.65.’Gal- Foe TTT TTT TT damentals on waich human activi- ties are sustained. ~ Figures of coal output, of railroad transport, of steel output, of textile CAPITOL eT Tas PAGE THREE “One of the greatest pictures in the his- tory of the cinema art.” —SEATTLE UNION RECORD “By <]l. means see Priscilla Dean in ‘Unde: Two Flags’.” —NEW YORK EVENING WORLD ‘Fine acting, stirring action, beauti- fully produced.” —MOVING PICTURE WORLD “It will pull you right out of your seat!” CAPITOL THEATR Monday Tuesday Wednesday which measure the opportunities for employment of peoples—today trend in the right direction. operations—all the’ indices Tonight & Thursday , The famous little star VIOLA DANA “Love in the Dark” A fascinating story that combines com- \ edy and drama in a most interesting | fashion, topped off with a bit of real romance, and two reel comedy— “Henpecked.” ~ Coming—Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday “UNDER TWO FLAGS” RUDOLPH | VALENTINO “The Young Rajah’”’ Love! Thrills! Beauty !—they’re all in this new and spectacular Valentino tri- umph. A love story that starts at a gay American college boat race and reaches its amazing climax in the, magnificent palaces of ancient India. An ideal role for the star; a wonderful entertainmént. CAST INCLUDES WANDA HAWLEY AND CHARLES OGLE ¢ A Paramount Picture MATINEE EVERY DAY AT 2:30 COAL COAL COAL The coldest part of winter is. still ahead, End your. worries by filling your bins with The Famous. Wilton Lignite Coal. The Coal That is All Coal. Does not Clinker and contains less Sulphur and Ash than any other Lignite coal-mined in North Dakota. - Washam, ignite Phone 453. EAOOSOATTETATACTSTTOOG ECOSUN