The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 11, 1923, Page 1

JVEATHER FORECASTS Partly cloudy tonight and Sat- colder tonight. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, PRICE FIVE CENTS MURDER OF RUSSIAN STIRS SWISS COUNTY BOARD “ TOSTAND PAT IN BOND SUIT Resent Suggestions of Fraud in Connection and Instruct Attorney to Answer WOULD SAVE, CLAIM Planned to Retire Warrants “and Release Money for Crops, Is Explanation C. A. Swanson, Vietor Moynier and three members of the who Axel Soder, b made ar from whi ing county ‘dof commissioners, ,000 to $100,000 of bonds and May 23 by Judge Jansonius on 1 of tax payers, will stand by ir guns, they said today. The thr morning th terson, who is ill, and Com- missioner Bachman, who is abroad, being absent. They instructed States Attorney Allen to answer the suit brought in ‘igetrict court, and to appear when ie hearing comes up on May 23. Commissioner Swanson, who was acting el the bond sioner le was made, was asked why the commissioners had not ad- vertised for bids. He declared that jhe hourd thought they had a good Val from the bond houses who of- fered to buy the bonds at 51-4 per cent int State’s Attorney Allen, in the in- formal conversation around the com- missioners’ table, interposed he commissioners were wrong not to seek bids, and had been wrong in not taking bids on furnish- | ing of stationery and printing sup- plies. Would Save, Claim. Commissioner Swanson said that the county was paying 7 per cent on warrants outstanding and that many of the small banks in the county which held the warrants wanted to give them up to get funds to finance the farmers this spring. If the bond e were made, he said, the coun- would take up the warrants, save -4 per cent interest for the tax- and release funds to aid in neing the farm crops this year. Commissioner Moynier interposed } belief that there wasn’t any objec- tion to the commissioners’ action out | n the county, but that some people in Bismarck had 7 per cent war- rants they didn’t want to 'give up. Commissioner Soder declared that | if the commissioners acted wrong, the protestants could go to the Gov- ernor and have them removed. ¢ Under Old Law. ’ The commissioners were, they said, not acting under the law of 1923, which requires the county to go on a cash basis on July & if it can sell) bonds or warrants, but were acting under the old law giving them au- thority to issue bonds to yetire war- sgnt. The states attorney informally said the commissioners were within / their legal powers in acting under the old law. “We're certainly not going to let this suit pass by without answering when they say we acted fraudulent- ly,” Commissioner Swanson said. He declared that the commission- | a money-saving | method, but that the taxpayers in the | ers’ method was suit were objecting to saving money. There apparently is some difference as to the amount of warrants out- angements for the sale of | action was held up until hear- | » commissioners met this | t the court house, Commis- | airman of the board when , st and decided to take it. | C HILDHOOD WEALTH OF CITY IS DISPLAYED IN PARADE MARKED BY > UNIQUE COSTUMES, BEAUTY DISPLAY | | ‘Grand Finale to Infant Welfare Week Display Here Wins | | Plaudits of Large Number 200 Wend Their W: which has just been completed. Tiny babies rode in their carriages pushed by proud mothers. Husk- lier tots of two and three years of | of watchers lining the streets indica it was marshalled. Exclamations of look how soberly they labor to keep up with the big ones,” were hes The parade consisted of about 200 children and adult marshals, When vegetables began to dance along the street, big red tomatoes, green leaves of spinach, long yellow wax beans, beets and carrots exclam- ations of delight broke forth the crowd. Ten healthful veg that should be a part of every child diet were represented by boys: and girls. from Flag at Head of Parade. Leading the parade of about 200 children was Marvel Kjelsttup on a Shetland pony bearing a large Amer- ican flag. Following the horse was a banner bearing the insign " | every Bismarck baby a better bal St. 's band composed of a resentative group of the youth of the city made a place for themselves with the public hy a display of some fine musica] numbers that addeq zest and pep to the de. This is the first public appearance to be made by the boys and they deserve high praise for the way which they held up their part of the program. Bismarck appears td | have an abundance of mus 1 talent waiting for leade iy Following the band came a group of Indian children dressed in native costume, They formed a delightfully picturesque part of the children’s j group. In contrast to this early native life appeared a J | of pastel shades carried by a group of little girls. Near the end of the parade came the group of tiny tots carefully guarded by a corps of nurses and attentative mothe The rear of the marchers was brought up by a big symbol of the children’s friend, the cow, with the printed words of “Use my products freely and I will build for you a na- {tion that is powerful in body and | brawn.” in Picturesque Scene. While many more children might have taken part in the parade at the, expense of diminished picturesque beauty and much added labor to the | directors, yet a prettier presentation | of the significance of healthful chil- | ‘ dren, proper food, and happy children | could scarcely have been staged. | To the women of the city who dey! voted many weeks of preliminary | work in preparation for the child welfare week is due much credit. About 500 children took part in the! Infant Welfare parade in Mandan} yesterday about the same time as the | Bismarck parade. ‘Acting as judges of the most beau- | tifully decorated doll buggy, the best | costume, and various other features | | were Burt Finney, W. H. Webb, and | | Judge L. .E Rirdzell of Bismarck. | | In the Mandan scoring three chil- | | dren who scored perfect were Mar-/ | garet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, H. S. | | Parsons, and Lillian, daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Pete? Kupper, and Kenneth | Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. | die cars and tricyeles, or proudly pu shed their baby buggies. for referendum on lav GOOD PRICES Who View the Marchers ay Through Streets | age rode in splendor on their The crow: ated their approval of this group “aren't they cute, the little dea ‘d. f s PETITIONS ON LAWS DRIFT IN TOSTATEHOUSE Names of Some on Committees For Petitioners Are Shown Changed announced Changes in originally committees for petitioners” in peti- | tions for referendum on several laws | of the last legislature are shown in | some petitions which have drifted in- to the office of the secretary of state. | Petitions for vote on clection laws | n the names of Stephen Ter- R. W. Frazier, 0. H. Olson and M. L. McBride for the petitioners, the name of Angus Frazier not be- ing included on petitions now being circulated, { Petitions on the petitions inaugur- ated by F. 0. Hellstrom for vote on senate bill No, 375, validating bank tax settlements, shows the committee | as follows: F. O, Hellstrom, Frank L. Brandt, Bismarck; A. M. Fulkerson, Devils Lake; Herbert Hard, Fargo Thorwald Mostad, Minot. Originally | the names of J. Nelson Kelly of Grand Forks and L, S$. Platou of Far- go, were on the committec. The committee named on petitions attacked by the Nonpartisan League is composed of Frank Vogel of Coleharbor, Bert F. Baker of Glenburn, W. J. Church of York, J. A. McGovern of Fargo, Ralph Ingerson of Flaxton, Mrs, C. A. Fisher of Valley City. Deputy Secretary of State M. W. Duffy has notified the committee for petitioners that one petition bearing | ‘NEW OFFER OF °° ARBITRATION IN WATER CASE Maximum Valuation of $590,- 000 Offered by Water Com- pany as a Safe-Guard LETTER TO COMMISSION of Company, Outlines Posi- tion at This Time The Water Question co. P. Flannery, president of the water company, offers ar- bitration fixing maximum val- uation at $500,000. City commissioners in infor- mal conversation with Mr. Flan- ery geject any dealings wi om| t this time. nhart declares sur- est way to determine value is to xet bids on May 28 on remodel- ing old plant and building new as commission proposes. s hond issue must carry Monday, May 14, or commiss- 's hands are tied cither, in ing with company or in building new plant. City engineer reports many applications for — specifications, indi bids on new n co An offer to submit the val n of the Bismarck Water Supply Com-| pany’s plant to arbitration and sell to the city at the price fixed by arbitrators, was made by Judge George P, Flannery of St. Paul, in a letter to the city commiss livered today. In the the letter Mr. Flannery stat- ed company would agree to a [maximum valuation of $500,000. to! (o remove fears of some people of re- sults of arbitration. Mr. Flanner has conferred with members of th city commi individ during is stay here of a few nil probably will retarn to S*. Paul to night. The city election on the issuance of $225,000 wat works bonds is set sion hart said that the commis: s not in position to deal w Flannery or anyone else, be! electors had spoken on: the bond is- sue and bids had beep rece.ved the cost of building a new pl d making additions to the old. The on 1 ore the YS GIVEN BIG FAREWELL About 300 people were at the private of Father Flanagan and his boys here ,yesterday after- noon to give the boys a rou send-off as they left on their t i farther west. The boys’ band play ed “Home, Sweet Home” as the train .pulled out. Although the hand played in Mandan the private car remained on the tracks here The band goes to Butte, Montana, were it takes the Burlington route back to Omaha. her Fla was enthused over the reception in Bisma ce car ‘cares. Phe, reas MINIMUM WAGE TEST [$ LEFT — TO COMMITTEE Take in Associated Employers No Definite Action Grand Forks Meeting Grand Forks, M: rding a suggested test of the min m wage laws of North Dakota was not taken yesterday at the | nual mee of the state jed Indastries, the matt in the hands of the E, ‘ing last night, called the | shop the greate all monopolie | the arousing of class hatred by labor Headers and declared it was the duty employers to allow either Junion or non-union men to work for them. re m man . B. Burtness, prospective legis- jlation, told of many measures pas ‘ed during the last session’ of con- which aided the Northwest. gress ion, de-| He said legislatton alone could not! ‘bring prosperity. Guy Ireland of Grand Forks was d President of the organiza- ; L. C. Richardson, Fargo; Piper, Minot, and Fred Pete Bismarck, were clected ents, No place was fixed for next meeting. elec H. the PRESIDENT OF QUIT SEARCH several names for vote on house bill | city commission, then, he said, will President Scott of Northwest- fective | No. 204, an electi n law is de: in content, ON ROADWORK Many Federal Aid Contracts| Being Let in State | Good prices from i standpoint obtain in federal aid; road contracts now being let in| North Dakota, in spite of advance; in some materials and shortage of | labor, W. G. Black, state engineer, | said today. i Graveling prices were about 15) per cent lower and grading prices: Roby. e }15 per cent higher than last year| About 500 were in the Mandan’ in approximately $100,000 of road} parade. ‘Prizes were awarded as work let in Barnes county this; follows: Best decorated doll bug-| week, the state engineer said.! know just where it stands. Mr. Flanne’ letter follows Board of City. Commissioners of the City of Bismarck, N. D Gentlemen: We addressed a letter to you un- der date of December 30th, 1922 stating in effect that if the City of Bismarck desireg to purchase th plant of the Bismarck Water Supply Company and we were unable to agree upon the value of the same, that some form of arbitration might be agreed upon to determine t he value. The Bismarck Water Sup- ply Company never received any Since that date a protracted and pensive litigation has been carried on between the ties without reaching a final decision, It has been stated to us by some citizens of the City of Bismarck that the City objected to fixing the value of arbitration because they feared the arbitrators fix what some possibly would: con- sider an excessive valuation. To ob- viate that objection we desire to might ern Says Everything Pos- sible was Done ; Chicago, May 11--President Wal- »|ter Dill Scott of Northwestern Uni- versity today told the grand jury jinvestigating the disappearance and {death of Leighton Mount, North- pyscetern student, that he had not told student investigators to drop the search for Mount who disappear- ed following the 1921 class rush. J. Allen Mills, a leader of ‘the |Freshman in the class rush, the public} answer to that letter or suggestion.| testified that the University head | that the search be dis- fter several days fruit- less inqui Mr. Scott insisted he had not ordered anyone |from the search apd produced clip- | pings from the Evanston News quot- ing statements prepared by himself and J. L, Mount, the boy’s father, prepared in collaboration at the newspaper office. ' In the statement made by the eld- | suggested | continued dis- | CONVICT CAMP PROBE ENDS IN LEGISLATURE Mass of Testimony to be Turn- ed Over to Florida House and Senate AIDS Boss Who Whipped Martin Tabert to be Tried Away From Local Prejudice | BILL IN CASE | \ | | Tallahassee, F vestigation by a., May 11.—The in joint legislative co: from the Florida leg leged brutalities to various f ate lease camps state was concluded yesterday. tor John Stokes, chairman, issued formal statement in which he declar ed that the commission had gone the ‘limit of its authority and could serve no further useful purpose. As a result of the the house yesterday passed a bill ‘to 20-already passed by the senat which wil] make it possible for the state to try Walter Higg alleged “whipping boss,” sli , Martin Tabert, in other than the ‘county of Leon. The bill was sent to the governor. The mass of testimony developed y the committee will be prepared jand turned over to the house and tor John P. Stok ce, for what- deem appro- mittee for lature viets in in the ction priate. they Receive Thanks, At the end of their work, the com- ; mittee members were presented with ge from the senate of North , delivered through Assistant Attorney General K. V. Kneeshaw thanking the committee , efficient, fearless and thorough action in uncovering a faulty condi- tion rather than seeking to e and in recommending legislation to remedy such conditions as well as ‘recommending the punishment of “for the | those found guilty of wrong doing,” | and carrying with it the good will of | Knabb Prove Ends Abruptly. to Senator Knabb’s camp. Senator | that phase carried the story of M | | ‘the last twelve months, six of sii i | | the people of North Dakota for The committee came to a standstill | Knabb had stated that he did not , Thelma Franklin, wife of a po: | fect that nine deaths had taken place since last September. \ ; those of the peninsula state. on the phase of its inquiry relating \ desire to be h d. Its records of | master in Baker county, to the ef- | ‘among Mr. Knabb’s convicts during ; BANK CASE had| Petition For Review To Be ernment has | Filed in High Court | The state’s petition for review by} to desist | the supreme court of District Judge | Bohlen McKenna’s decision holding invalid indictments in the Seandinavian-| (American bank failure case !be presented to the supreme court} | Saturday. George A. Bangs | | Grand Forks, special assistant attor-| |ney-general, is expected here to- investigation | L | and G. Grimson, congratulating and | use it, | of | # FARMER BOY DIES AS AUTOMOBILE 1S OVERTURNE Vi—Earl ged 14. son of E. ), farmer living nine miles south of Beach, was killed last night when his auto fed, DELEGATE OF o| SOVIET SLAIN “FOR REVENGE Assassin Declares Soviet Envoy Pays for Sufferings to Kin in ‘‘Red Terror’’ parly jach- Sarl and a sister, been attend were on their home, the girl driving about miles a hour, when soft ground was en- and the car skidded and went. over. The girl ma ed to get out, but could not her brother out. She ran half ile to her home, got her fath- nd) Earl w h dead. His chest was crush wed 17, had and wa | countered CONFERENCE GOES ON Because Soviet Representative Was Unbidden Negotiations Not Halted 11- The murder of head of the Russian tion to the Near East Maurice Alexander who once served Army, has stirred has no single event ssin of Empress Austr er wa ed released N. H. SWANSON, MANDAN, DROPS Heart Attack “Just After 23 in the Hotel ¢ had killed Vovorsky 1 ec Buys Flowers for Wife’s | w: EY Sunsinaeraaite [two attaches of the Russian dele- Grave Fatal gation, maintained that he aeted in jan effort to avenge his father and 1 i — Juncle for the mistreatment they re- | Nels H. Swanson, 73, retired farm-/ ceived at the hands of the Bolshe- Mandan, dropped dead just) viki during the “Red terror.” te be emerged from Hoskins-Mey-| The general impression in Near store at ck yesterday! East conference cir that the afternoon flowers he xcitement ciused by last evening's tended to place on the grave of his| event will not. direetly j wife o Mother’s Day. Heart fail-' course of negotiations bec [Gs ce kk the: (eaune” (oft orig wasionnernracdad | death. {cial Russian delegaie inasmuch as eden,’ the Soviet government was not in- | Mr. had lived in America y el vited to participate in the proceed- is jteen years ago he retired from his} ing, | farm near Sims and moved to Man-| Switzerland keenly feels the | dan. nel is by ape poe position in which Conradi’s tion Mrs, oon es ty, has placed her land fears world op- and iliam| inion may hold? trioti and Andre i H sociations morall: mater Mont. His wife! responsible, ri nd buried inj Lausanne, confere Conradi, the Rus: Switzerland nee the beth 1898, is in an as tion of at Geneva in Her er | ers o'el ¢ rs in-! on Swanso of 1 native W ndan- lly son of Forsyth, 1 last the cemetery Mr. would years old on July 9. umme at Swanson Fires in Hotel ~ of the guests in the dinfag had finished dinner when the in Chicago four years after! assassin drew his revol and ad- coming to North Dakota. He had’ vancing quickly, fired upon tne hus al hud good health, except fol-| sians. The first bullet struck Vo- lowing an attack of influenza f behind the ear. He fell years ¢ ffected his he the table und utte no He wa of the Swedish | He probably died instantly. Luthe Bismarek. i struck by other bullet also. wil be held ni pervaded the hotel. It was M, Sunday. j 2 half hour before the police arriv- ed. Meanwhile the wounded men had been carried to their rooms in an ous condition. Bu Ahrens, Vovorsky's companion, soon | regained his senses long enourh to say: “Switzerland will pay de | for thi Most Mr. Swanson! room word, an church He w ne Mandan MAKE PROTEST T0 POWERS ON ervices Pp. Panic Fascisti Disclaim Responsibi By the murd of Vovorsky is regarded as sequel to hi Germans Send Note to Powers, ‘!using a vise for a Russian cour- : | ier to Berlin. The recently organiz- Not Concerned in the | ed fascisti took up the matter and Occupation some warned Vovorsky and his colleagues to leave Lausanne by tomorrow, Vo- < | vorsky ignored the warning, he German gov The leaders of the fascisti, how- sent a note to the pow-| ever, disclaimed responsibility for s having no part in the Ruhr oc-| the crime. They asserted that the ion protesting against the Wer-| only plan they had in view was to den court martial which resulted in! kidnap Voversky tomorrow and the conviction of Dr. Krupp von; cort him over the Italian frontier And other Krupp official The sin Conradi tonight The note accuses the French of mak- ; the police that he was born in Petro ing the blowing of the siren the bas-| grad of ss parentage. He said is of “a less charge that a! he served a aptain in the Rus- et plot being engincered| sian army during the world war. ainst the Frenen troops with the|He is an engineer. ject of shifting responsibility for! Berlin, ass: rs ob, | the murder of 14 workers to the VETERAN N. D. ” UW er Mount it was asserted the Uni-| night to confer with Attorney-Gen-; Germans. gy, Ruth Williams; best decorated) Shortage of labor has resulted in! baby buggy wheeled by mother,! increased prices for most grading, Mrs. John Sagmiller and baby Lu-| work. make this proposition for the sale, of the plant of the Bismarck Water Supply Company to the City of Bis- standing, Auditor Johnson estimating | the amount yesterday at $50,000 and | versity had done everything in its|eral George Shafer before the case! The note adds that the French had EDITOR RETIRE power to aid the search for the miss- | is formally presented tomorrow. The | never objected to the sounding of supreme court ected to decide! the signal. County Treasurer Flow saying today a check-up showed around $160,000. The auditor reported to the com- missioners that tax collections dur- | ing February and March were about 35 per cent of the total taxes due. Suggestions from the state’s at- torney that Auditor Johnson should have got in touch with bond houses was met by a statement from him that he had destroyed notices from a number of bond houses under the ; impression bonds would not be is- sued The recent sale of city school bonds ; at less than 5 per cent interest also ywas mentioned ./ the representative of another bond heuse in the room. Commissioner Soder objected to re- marks of the taxpayers’ suit and others and declared that the com- missioners could, if the people want- “Jed, cut out all maintenance on roads d a lot of other stuff. No further action on the bond sale will be taken today, outside of in- structing the state’s attorney to an- swer the suit. > AMERICAN _TS KIDNAPED Mexico City, May 11—An American named Neuman has been kidnaped at Charcoazul, etate of Durango, ac- cording to press dispatches dated . May 7, received from Torreon. The kidnaping is eaid to have been pied out by Juan Galino, outlaw 1Nder who last month captured O. W. Krull, an American mining engineer, and held him prisoner for two weeks, when Krol escaped, __ cille; best little girl costume, Pat-| sy Parsons dauguter of H. D. Par- sons. Best decorated tricycle, Mere- dith, daughter of tir. and Mrs. E.j R, Lanterman. Best decorated bicy- cle, Douglas Filkins. | | | SAUNDERS MAY | MOVE PIGGLY Ire Aroused When Memphis Fails to Take All Stock Memphis, Tenn., May 11.—Whether Memphis will retain headquarters of Piggly Wiggly, Inc, -with Clar- ence Saunders voluntarily retir- ing as president of the company, or the offices will be moved elsewhere, Mr. Saunders retaining control, is expected to be determined at a meet- ing. of local banking interests and a meeting of Chamber of Commerce to- day. Following failure to sell 50,000 shares of stock in Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc, during a three-day cam- vaign conducted by the Chamber ot Commerce Mr. Saunders accused “cer- tain banking jnterests” of failing to co-operate in the movement and in order to protect share-holders and members*of the “pool” in the flurry in the stock on the New York stock exchange he would open negotiations which would necessitate removal of headquarters to some other city. Real diamond can be filed with the hardest instrument without being scratchgd. The first federal aid project in; Steele county, eight miles from! Picker west to the Griggs county) line, was let this week. Six. miles’ of grading and 10 miles of grave! road construction are provided in! contracts let in Griggs county this MAKE RECORD ON FARM LOANS $300,000 Already Made By: State Dept. This Month The farm loan department of the Bank of North Dakota faces its big- gest month, C. R. Green, manager of the bank, said today. Three hundred thousand dollars of mortgages on’ farm loans made during the. month of May already have been assigned to thé state treasurer, the present rate of making loans indicating a business during May of close to $1,000,000. The record in amount of loans for one day was broken May 8, when $136,000 of loans were closed. SERIOUSLY INJURED. Cogswell, N. D., May 11.—F. A. Col- by, farmer of near here, was seriou: ly injured when impaled on the han- dle of a hay fork. ‘When he had driv- en his wagon to the barn, he threw off a fork which struck upright in the ground. In pulling a hay carrier rope he lost his balance and was forced to jump, alighting upon the fork han- dle which pierced his abdomen about eight inches. z marck: the price to be paid therefor to be in cash or its equivalent; the purchase price to be fixed by arbi- tration, with a maximum sum of five hundred thousand dollars ( for the entire plant, which sum less than the average cost of 1 production as testified to by the Company’s and the Railroad Com- mission’s engineers on the several hearings. This proposition is based upon the condition that it be ac- cepted, on or before May 25th, 1923. Yours respectfully The Bismarck Water Supply Co. By Geo. P. Flannery, Pres. GRAIN GRADE CASE T0 COURT Early Decision Hoped For By North Dakota Attorneys Possibility of a decision by the su- preme court of the United States on the North Dakota grain grading case, involving the constitutionality of the initiated act of November. 1922 is seen before the adjournment late in June | of the court by George F. Shafer, attorney general, who has returned from the hearing in Washington. At least a decision immediately after the court reconvenes in the fall ‘is hoped for, Mr. Shafer said. j The fact that a number of other im- pottant cases, including the validity test of the Sheppard-Towner act and the branch banking case, may be an obstacle to eafly decision, the attor- ney’ general ‘anid, i ing boy, whose skeleton was found under a pier. JOHNSON TO. USE SPEED Main Dependence in Battle Against Big Jeff , New York, May 10—Speed will be Floyd Johnson’s answer Saturday to Jess Williard’s bulk and hitting pow- er when the pair clash in‘ 15-round match on the milk fund program at the Yankee stadium. Johnson’s train- ing program has been largely devoted to “developing foot work. The full program for the card follows: Four rounds, Joe McCann, Newark, vs. Har- ry. Drake, England; six rounds, Jim Herman, Omaha, vs. Al Reich, Ne- wark; 10 rounds, Fred Fulton, Min- meapolis, vs. Jack’ Renault, Canadian title holder; 15 rounds, Lewis Firpo, Argentine, Detroit 15 rounds, Willard vs, Johnson. | State Opposes Branch Banking North Dakota, through Attorney- General F. Shafer, is joined with @ number of states in opposing the extension of branch banking. Mr. Shafer joined in a brief of 15 states attorney-generals in the case of the Firet National Bank of St. Louis against the state of Missouri, mow pending in the supreme court Jof the United States, i) whether ,or not it will review the | | decision without not ‘more than a; jfew days dels H TANK TO DIP STOCK | Fessenden, N. D., May 11—On | petition of a large delegation of | jfarmers the Wells county commis-| jsioners decided to erect a dipping | tank in the, center of the county | inear Fessenden as a means of com-' ;batting mange. It was decided that! 8 charge of 35 cents would be made |for dipping each horse and of 25 leents for each head of cattle| It! !was planned to begin construction | |of the tank soon, upon inspecting | ja tank which was built last year in| | Eddy county. | | | | | ' CITY STANDS TEST IN INSPECTION | OF RESULTS OF CLEAN-UP EFFOR toda | Bismarck was inspected ; ‘And the city stood the test. City officials, members of the A. of C. clean-up committee, members of the Women's Council, others join- ed in the inspection. “The city is in very good shape,” said Mrs. F, R, Smyth. “We may well be proud of Bismarck. The citizens have shosn much enter? prise and the right civic spirit. I think there are only one or two places where official action will be necessary to enforce a clean-up.” “Great improvement,” said Mayor Lenhart. “A lot of good work has been done, I hope when the next inspection comes around the places Towner, N. Copeland, 84, who settled in Villard ‘township, McHenry county in 18! |where he established a 2 | has retired from game after | to information received here from | Pablo, Mont., where Mr. Copeland now lives. When Mr, Copeland settled in Mc- Henry county, he believed that the Northern Pacific railroad would tap- the Mouse river country and thut the site of his prairie shack would be- come a great city. He hauled equip- ment over the plains with a yoke of C. W. Paulson and E. M. Murphy! oxen to launch his paper in the are incorporators. The company] prairie community of Villard town- proposes to do a wholesale and re- | ship, tail business in automobile tires. Mr. Copeland has been everything from printer’s devil to editor. As a protest against the sentenc of the court-martial the Essen loc trade union committee has appealed for a complete cessation of wor to- morrow, TIRE COMPANY INCORPORATES The Public Tire Corporation, with capital of $100,000, and head-| quarters in Bismarck, has filed articles of,incorporation with the Secretary of State. R. B. Loubek, MAY SOLVE MYSTERY Starkweather, N. D., May 11—The mystery of the disappearance of Levi Knisley, farmer near here, who was supposed to have “skipped the country” in 1906, may be solved in | that haven’t been cleaned up will|the finding of a human skull on the farm where he lived. ine,” said Dr. C. E. Stack- The find was made by Walter city health officer. “Better}Larson, who unearthed the skull than ever before—finest clean-up] when digging around an old cel- the city ever has had. Of course,j lar. Larson brought the skull to it isn’t 100 percent yet, and.we hope| Starkweather and oldtimers reeall- it will look better next week.” ed the story of Knisley, who had The next inspection of the re-}lived on the farm and beeame deep- sults of clean-up, paint-up and gar-|ly involved in financial and domes- den work is get for next Wednesday.| tic troubles, finally disappearing. Officials will view the city again and'| Afterwards the house in which he . pay particular attention to spots}lived was moved to town and most which still are eye-sores. people had forgotten that the man In the meantime, persons who are| had ever lived there. ; in doubt as to whether their places} Other theories advanced, how- need improvement, may view the]ever, are that the skull is that of map in Hoskins-Meyer window, and}an Indian,-or that. of a white man see if a pin indicates the need of|killed by the Indians before the | further work, country was settled, house,