The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS artly cloudy tonight and Tues- day. Not much change. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BIS) MARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1923 REDS FORCE MINERS FROM PITS ‘BLOOD FLOWS GREAT SAVING IS SHOWN IN LIGNITE USE New Device at Agricultural - College Proves Its Worth MEANS EXTENSION Expert Declares that Lignite i May be Used Widely in Eastern No. Dakota With tests by experts showing that) under methods of burning lig- nite coal, the cost of fuel in state institutions may be materially low- ered, the state board of admintistra- tion has draw plans unit new for equipping a it the state insane hos- mestown with automatic . R. BL Murphy, chairman of urd, said today. At the same time a report of ex- perts on the results of the automa- tic stoking system installed at the Agricultural College during the win- | ter as the result of appropriation by the legislature, “Maude public. ‘The results, in the opinion of mem- hers of the state board of adminis- tration, are of vast importance in developing the lignite industry in North Dakota, as well as effecting a erable saving to the stat i performance in the test unit an emergency 8 the at the Agricultural College is dupli- saving of probably $10,000 r in fuel will be affected at the inane hospital tion in the cost of operation. a ye Results Summarized Summarizing the results of the Fargo experiment, Peopold Pistner, of the Fuel Economy and Engineer- Company who supervised the in- lation and tests of the stoker at » Agricultural College, declared ults obtaines at_ Figo : that the use of mid-western coals in North Dakota will shortly be a thing of the pas the western part of Minnesota, a& standard fuel for that section, will rapidly take place, and that within two years, or as soon as the neces- panical be y me changes can ,mude in various industrial plants, the use of lignite will be standard practice for that area as well as for North Dakota.” The devi ued at the Agricultur- al Coll replacing hand-firing methods, consists of a serie interlocking castins, forming e surface, mounted of rack heads, which ried by four endless returning upon themselves. he coal is dumped into a hopper pe automatically drawn on the The coal enters the furnace small a non-sifting rie chamber at a thickness of about nine inches, and by the time it has traveled 12 feet is reduced ta ash. This quick combustion is obtained in part through forcing of air into| x series of compartments in which y surface chamber is divided, “With the above construction it was possible to operate the boiler at twice its normal rated horsepow- er,” says the report of experts, “thus permitting of the generation of twice the amount of steam within a given boiler than is possible in the| p case of hand-firing. This is now common practice wm connection with mid-western coals, but had not been considered possible in the case of lignite, and this fact was one of the principal reasons retarding the gen- eral development, in the use of this “fuel. With the provision of stoker equipment which makes operation at these high ratings possible, one of the principal obstacles in the mat- ter of lignite is definitely removed. This may be considered an event of the first importance in the history of the lignite industry.” Comparing the economy of the use of lignite by this method the report shows that using a lignite contain- ing only 5685 heat units per pound of coal, an overall boiler and fur- nace efficiency of 73 1-2 percent was obtained. This is within 21-2 per- cent of the maximum efficiencies pos- ee with Hlionis coals, under the same conditions. Equal to Eastern Coals A temperature of 2800 degrees fah- renheit, within the furnace was ob- tained, which, the report says, “i equal to the temperatures Possible with eastern coals.” 4 “Looking into the furnace,” it . continues, “it was impossible to dis- tinguish Phe fuel bed itself, the entire furnace space being filled with a white hot biaze.- Several au- thorities accustomed to using Lake and Ilinois coals were under the im- pression that we were burning these coals, rather than lignite, and could hardly be convinced that lignite of the very lowest grade could produce a fire of this type.” , . -A comparison of costs in burnin; lignite and other coal at Fargo is given ‘by the experts as a result of the test, Assuming ‘lignite sereen- ings of approximately 6400 heat units per pound can be laid down in bin: at Fargo for $3.25 per ton, the cost ef coal required to produce 1,000 = iinds of steam will be 861-2 cents, Assuming that the, competitive east- ern coal now used in Fargo, Yough- (Continued on Page 2) authorized its architects to; large as well as a reduc-| and that the extension of lignite ta! of; i is from the conference said to news- MILLIONAIRE PHILANTHROPIST CREATES HIS OWN RELIGION By NEA Service. j McKinney, Tex., May 28.—Gus Wil-j son, an 80-year-old bachelor who | lives near here, has a peculiar theory of life. (Call it religion or creed if you will!) He would give the world the im- pression he is an unbeliever; that , he is uncharitable. But all the while | his deeds speak the contrary. He'd deny heatedly that he gives i most generously. But the fact is j that in money and property he hhs | leiven outright one million dollars! N! He would slam the door in your { face one minute and the next hand you a check for $15,000—if you really needed it. | The secrecy which A. M. Wilson— |} those are his initials, but everyone calls him Gus—threws about his gifts makes it difficult Yo obtain « complete list, These, however, are known: ‘Twelve big houses, 20 autos, one bungalow, many canceled promissory notes, two school houses, manyacres | of land, and thousands of dollars in cash. | Once a thousand acres of rich land | | | adjoined the crude little log cabin in which he lives. He has given all away except 150 acres, which he keeps for a tenant family living in the hut with him. Gus has always lived here; his father did before him. He seldom gives when asked for aid. He loves to surprise and play Santa when least expected. Not long ago, on his way to Kinney, he passed a farm house. The | entire family — father, mother and | children—wus working in the field. The day was sultry, Labor must have been a hardship, Wilson held} a mortgage on that farm. | He saw all at a glance. . Instead of | proceeding to town, Wilson im-j pulsively turned his car and hur- ried back to his little cabin. There he seized the mortgage, marked it “paid” and drove back to the farm. Not willing to make a show of his ‘generosity, he edged his way into} | the farmhouse unnoticed, and placed the canceled document under a din-j} ner plate. | On another oerasion he noticed a crippled farmer in the field. Appar: | ently he hadn't given the unfortu- nate a second glance. But when he got to town he bought an auto and sent it out to the cripple with o chauffeur. . An index to his strange ehabaeten was gleaned when he donated a| chandelier to a church. It was one of the few times he gave directly to a house of God. Wilson spqnt considerable money jon the chandelier, and had it in- stalled. Then, some time later, he dropped into the church building There he found his gift had been unused, and was covered with dirt und cobwebs. He promptly tore it down and took it home. ae Sd) | ‘Send anos to'n's friends! | BUSINESS IN NORTHWEST IS ON INCREASE Report of Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis for | Month Is Favorable TRADE IS BETTER ALL Lumber Sales Increase, and) General Merchandise - Business Is Better Despite his appearance, Wilson 1s rich. He has loaned much moneya|. | jat interest; But Nils policy regarding | iS on. # higher level than a year ago, | these obligations is quaint. If a man |according to the monthly report of is able to pay, Wilson takes the | John H. Rich, federal reserve agent, money. But if he isn’t he will can-| Minneapolis. The district. summary cel the note or mortgage. ft ne th Some call this loose business meth- |" the month ss {ods. But all his life he has worked | hard and saved and his gifts go only to those unable to make both ends meet. Has this unusual man ever had a romance? One of his oldest friendy say in Wilson’s youth there was a girl, This maiden married another, and thereafter Gus dropped all j matrimonial intentions. He still has is old wedding suit. “If I had my way,” Wilson 1s quoted as saying, “all women would be sent to Africa, and all men some- where else. When they come to- gether there's trouble.” TURKS REACH AGREEMENT Lausgnne, May 28.—Turkey, and | taneous liquidation of some of their Greece have reached an agreement ; investment holdings. Interest rates on the question of reparation which | were firm or ig for the great ma- waa threatening a breach and pos-| jority of varieties of paper quoted in ible hostilities, it was announced | the local’ money market.” here this afternoon. ‘ With regard to building the report A virtual agreement for a settle-| says that a fair seasonal increase ment was reached after a: three| between March and April in both ur- hour conference according to neWS ban and, rural communities was! agencies advices and Ex-Premier| shown, In 18 cities of the North- Venitelos of Greece on emerging | west district, the number of build- ing permits. doubled. Sales of lum- ber retailers in the rural sections of | the district increased 40 per cent, be- tween March and April reports. Flour productions decreased 23 per cént in April, over March, as com- pared to a decline of 14 per cent from March to April last year. Retail soles of general merchan- dise increased 9 per cent between March and April’ of this year, which was nearly 7 per cent larger than in April a year ago, Stocks of grains in Northwestern terminal elevators were slightly larger at the end of April than gt the end of March, which ‘is an abnormal occurence, because stocks generally reach this peach in March, the report 8a) The in¢rease in stocks, it adds, was due entirely to a Jarge volume of wheat and rye, and stocks of the Business throughout the Northwest ys “The volume of trade and current manufacturing production in this dis-! trict continues at levels higher than a year ago, and if pricé Ancreases be , ineluded, the: improvenént amounts to about 17 per cent. On the other hand, those statistical indexes of bus- iness which show improvement in April over March recorded less ad- vance than the normal seasonal in- creases of former years, except in re- tail trade, which always lags after other trade indexes. There were some substantial declines recorded in April, This was due partly to the backwardness of the season with its late cold rains retarding plowing and seeding, and party to the nesitation of buyers awaiting the outcome of the next crop. “The median prices of grains and all livestock, except calves and lambs, rose during the month in spite of the fact that all receipts, except corn, at terminal markets were above normal or ebove last year. ‘paper men laconically: “Peace.” PARADE WILL MOVE AT 2:45 Memorial Day Pr Procession to Start Promptly The para preceding Memorial Day exercises in the Auditorium will atart promptly at 2:15 P. M., Wed- nesday afternoon, t The patriotic pageant and Memor- ial Day exercises will follow at the Auditotium. It is announced by those in charge that no children:not accompanied by adults will be admit- ted to the Auditorium, because Inst | other grains declined from one-tenth year ‘many children interrupted the | to one-fourth; with. the exception of pageant by running about in the bal-| flax, in which :stocks were reduced cony. more than one-Half, |MILITARY FIGHT LO! and elevator operating fund bonds, | , Former Member of Bismarck | St. Paul will arrive here by air- DEVALERA ASKS MRS, PHILLIPS ALL IRISHMEN IS ENROUTETO TO END FIGHT Leader of Upon the Republican For- ces to Lay Down Arms | Arrive at New Orleans Tomorrow \ \ UNITED STATES, Insurgents Calls Hammer Murderess Is Due to’ COURT IS FLOUTED Travel the Red Trail to the fight. Thi marek to broadcasted all northwest, to people whom }to Shelby, Montana, to wi the nsev—Tom Gibbons ehrin ship contest on July 4. Shel hy tee Local people, in writing east, are i [urged to mention the Red Trail as | the best route to travel, Would Continue Battle for Carried Away by Deputy A horde of auto tourists to She!- f ' ae by is expected from Chicayo and Republic Under Other | Sheriffs in Spite of Hon: jin farther east, as well as from| Means, He Declares i duras Supreme Court a HLL : | | The Bismarck Association took the : | —— Hlead in advertising the Red ‘Trail Dublin, May 28.—A document ad: | New Orleans, May 28—Clara Phil ause the National Parks Highway dressed by Eamonn DeValera to al!) yin. hammer murderess and her es-/ A soc. apparently was doing nothing party factions in_ the Republican | party calling for Qiscontinuance of the armed struggle has been taken by lcort of deputy sheriffs are expect Jed to reach here to or tomorrow now be in vain and continuance of | 16 had fled, the struggle would be unwise in the | a tained, and 10,000 copies of the map, lo: arpa national interest | Flaunt Court Order ‘with the heading that the Red i Aiere NGG TLeae ae an ceil “The military victory must be al-| Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 28-—\ is the short, route to Shelby and) make another trip inte the North« lowed to rest for the moment with ; Notwithstanding a decre sued by) that it is the only trail on which | west for pleasure. those who have destroyed the Repub- | the supreme court ordering ee . lic. Do not let sorrow overwhelm Clara Phillips be set free she was Sr you. Your efforts and sacrifices and turned over to the American deputy sheriff from California and embark- ed at Puerto Cortez for New Orleans where the steamer is expected your dead comrades in this forlorn hope will surely bear fruft. You! have saved the national honor and kept open the road to independence. | arrive Mond’ Laying aside your arms now is an act; — The pe of patriotism | Mrs, your valor in on Phillips was placed before ie (ean court by her attorney Sal- for the rel It was cobtengud t! dor Zelaya. . Phillips, tat STATE EXPECTS _ BETTER OFFER! Members of the State Industrial Commi: n are confident they will lobtain lower bids on state bonds to ntence for murd nd Etta Mae she is under her sister, Mr: procedure had not been followed in cordance with the treaty by lin Morales, the American mini he offered for sale om Jump 28.’ 1) 0). she two women were t When news of the disappointing intg cust The court coine pig pmedoatoetler commineion ae with the view of Senor Zelaya Tenened themp a large New, Fdered the release of Mrs. Phillips. York bond house wired Gov-' a ernor Nestog offering to take the real estaté Issue at a lower rate {than had heen offered for the mill TROPHY CUP it was learned. Because the com- mission had taken steps to call for new competitive bids, the offer will not be accepted, in fairness to Heuer financ al ‘houses Making Best Score Offered Reward A silver trophy cup will be offered BLIAS BLY, 54, | butter receiving the highest score at the National Dairy Congress, Syra- cuse, N. Y., October 5 to 13, . it. was announced today by W. F. Reynolds, state dairy commissioner. The cup will be on exhibit’ at the state fair for North Dakota at Grand Forks, July 16-21. Application blanks for entrance Police Force Succumbs Elias Ely, former resident of Bis- marck, died Sunday morning at 6:20 o'clock at his farm home, 21-2 miles north of Menoken. Mr. Ely had been ill for sometime of heart trouble. {into the contest will be furnished by Mr, Ely had lived on the farm | Mr. Reynolds. Entries for cold stor- about 10 years, going there from[uge butter close June 40. Entries Bismarck. ‘He was for five years a|for the fresh butter class close Sep- tember 15. policeman in this city, and was, Q known as a man of powerful phy i-| The North Dakota rayne is a que and courage. He had lived in, handsome silver cup, 123-4 inches high. In addition gold, silver and bronze medals, and other prizes are awarded in the national competition, North Dakota about 20 years, coming here from Iowa. He was 54 years old. Surviving are his widow ,five chil-} dren of two marriages, Ernest und Grace Ely of. Wolsey, S. D., and Al- bert Clarence and George at home; two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Willmore of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Nagel of Monticello, Ia, and two prothers,| Reuben Ely, of Monticello, In. and} John Ely of Minneapolis. Several relatives were at his bedside at the time of death. 18, Funeral services will be held Tues- ! day at 2:30 P, M. at the Perry Un- dertaking parlors. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. First Trip With Oxen; Will Now Use An Airplane Pembina, N. Dy ‘May od HAS in June Mrs. Sarah Leighton of Originally designated passed to their reward. scended sectionalism, an bond between people of eracy in the Civil War has plane, taking the same route she hag already taken by ox-cart, rail- road and automobile. She will be ‘buoyed here in a plane driven by her son. ‘Mrs. Leighton, formerly Miss Sarah Roberage, now 44 years old, was brought to northwestern Min- nesota, to a point near Pembina, by ‘her parents in an ox-cart forty- three years ago when the family pioneeered, the trip being made over the old Pembina trail. At the ; age of seven she returned to St. Paul by rail, and a few years ago’ mude the trip by automobile. She | is now ready and.anxious to make | the flight by airplane, MUNSEY BUYS N. Y. GLOBE New York, May 28.—Frank A. Munsey ‘has purchased the New| York Globe and Advertiser it was announced Saturday. The Globe is one of the oldest papers in the country being in its 130th year. | Mr. Munsey owns the New York Herald, The Sun ae the Evening ‘Telegram... | 80 as the day for paying their great debt to those conflicts, should join in their memory. Now, therefore, I, A. the city commission of that May 30 be observed <4 ra nk. | I$ AWARDED, North Dakota Buttermaker Minister Stanley Baldwin. PROCLAMATION America has set apart one day in each year on which all citizens may pay tribute to the memory of the various sons of the nation who have served her in time of grave national danger and have passed on to their reward. the Civil War as a particular decoration day for their fallen comrades, May 30 gradually has become a day apart in memory of all Americans who served in the armies and navies of many wars and have South since the World War has brought a ‘ President City Commission. o attract tourists ‘ause the St. Red Trail 1 Paut Automobile club s boosting the Yellowstone w {ing the map to sea TWO MORE IN” BOND ORDER I MINNESOTA'S DISSOLVED; NO for extradition to Los faereeiel where ; | FINAL EDITION | PRICE FIVE CEN ‘TRAVEL RED TRAIL T0 FIGHT AT _ SHELBY, LOCAL A. OF C. URGES IN MESSAGE OVER THE NORTHWEST there are no ferries to cross will be} sent to all touring: from] which tourists might drawn tol the Shelby fight. Newspapers in | Chicago and the Twin Cifies, and other dle western cities, will be urged to show the route. Mr, Brad. ley leaves tonight for Aurora, UL, to move his family to Bismarek, and | on the trip will boost the use of the! Red Trail in traveling to Shelby. | The on of the St. Paul Auto| mobile club in boosting the Yellow-| stone trail as the only good route | to Shelby aroused the ire of local people in the A, of C. The Red) j Trail, they figure, fs not only the shortest the best trail to Shelby, Protests also may be made to the| headquarters of the National Parks | Highway, Spokane, Wash. that no publicity for the Red Trail had | emanated from that headquarters | Free State authorities from a cap- from Honduras on a fruit company | through South Dakota. sau Teeece Mana tha in a tured Republican leader, it was an) ceamship Copan. The ship left} A map route from Chieazo to Shel- | ns well as Montana and Miinennta | nounced today. | Puerto Cortez — Saturd and will) by, showing innate between towns! towns on the Red Trail, is invited Issued under date of May 24 the | peach quarantine ut the mouth of | #S arranged by A. F. Bradley, sec-|hy the local A, of C. to see that} document reads: j the Mississippi river late tonight, | 1ttary of the A. of d directors | the Red Trail gets its share of busi- “The Republicans can no longer be| phe fugitive is enroute to Los An-| °F the Association, with the assist-| ness defended successfully by your 8rms.! putes, having been extradited from, #nee of engineers of the State High-| ‘The brining of many tourists Further sicrifice on your part would the Latin American country to which | Way Commission who aided in draw- | through the e to Shelby is r 'Steenerson and Burnquist En-| ‘on, | were illegally detained because legal] ler for Republican Nomi- nation for Senator Crookston, Minn., May 28—Halvor rson, for a republi- can member of © s from the { Ninth Minnesota congressional dis- | | | | jtrict, today formally announced that | he would file as a candidate for the jRepubliczn Senatorial nomination in ‘the June 18 primary, * Mr. Steenerson announced that he the Secre' of State tonight. lefeated Mr. Steenerson in the last congress sional election, In his statement announcing his the he bi former d candidacy declared congressman Minnesota should place a candidate in the field and that friends here had persuaded him to. make the race. BURNQUIST CANDIDATE St. Paul, Minn, May 28-3. A. A. Burnquist, former Governor, today announced his candidacy for the Re- publican nomination for United Stat- special election, es Senator at Minneso' primary June 18, The which was culled to fill the cancy caused, by the death of Senator Knute ‘Nelson, will be held July 16. TAKES PLACE IN NEW CABINET London, May 26. — Sir Laming Worthington Evans, secretary for war in the cabinet of David, Lloyd George, has accepted the office of Postmaster - General under Prime by the Union veterans of Memorial Day has tran- d in many places in the , closer all the states, tel former separate decoration day for soldiers of the Confed- been foregone, and instead American Legion posts join in May 30 on a tribute to the dead of all wars of the nation. The observance of Memorial Day is comparable only in universal observance to Christmas. Inter-Allied Veterans’ federation has adopted May The tribute to all allied soldiers who fell in the World War. 4 Whereas, the citizens of Bismarck, mindful of who have in the Civil war, Spanish-American ‘and World Wars, and in other appropriaté exercises in P. Lenhart, president of © Bismarck, do hereby urge as Memorial Day, that all citizens pay solemn tribute to the soldier dead of the nation and renew their allegiance to the flag, and further that all places of business in Bismarck be closed from 1 p. m; to 5*p.’m. Memorial Day to permis everyone to join in the day’s observance. A. P_ LENHART, would mail in his filing papers to| Irreparable Damage Caused northwestern | | day | Court Won't Interfere as Long garded as an exceptionally good me-! SALE EXISTED Judge Jansonius Holds Com-| missioners Still Free to Sell to Highest Bidder GOOD FAITH ASSUMED! as Actions Not Fradulent or Holding that no contract has been entered into by the board of county commissioners for the of re- funding bonds of Burleigh 1 that the commissioners can go head and make the best dea} pos. ble for the sale of bonds, Judge red Jansonius of district court to dissolved the restraining order granted to taxpayers. Attorneys for both sides had taken the position that a contract had not been made, although a resolution had been adopted by a majority of the board to sell from $50,000 to $100,- 000 of refunding bonds to Kalman, Wood & Co, at par and 61-4 per cent interest, The opinion says it is conceded by both parties that the board of county commissioners has authority under the laws of the state to issue refund- ing bonds and negotiate a sale, with- out advertising for bids, and that a wide discretion is vested in the board, but that the board in all transactions must act in good faith.” The plaintiff contended the action of the board-was taken fraudulently | and secretly. The defendants denied this. Taxpayers Satisfied E. B. Cox, who appeared for the taxpayers in this proceeding, upon examining the decision of Judge Jan- sonius, stated: “The decision of the District Court bears out the con- tention of the taxpayers that no con, tract has yet been entered into for the sale of the bonds. This holding should now relieve the majority of the Board from any hesitancy they this might otherwise have felt, action not been brought, in disre- garding their former negotiation with Kalman, Wood & Company, will permit them to extend an in- vitation to bond puyers in general to bid on the Burleigh County bonds. If this is done, undoubtedly the bonds will be sold at a premium and that was the result hoped for by the taxpayers in instituting this ac-| tion. Court's Position, “As a rule courts of equity do not interfere by injunction for the pur- pose of controlling the action of pub- lic officers on matters pertaining to their jurisdiction, or with the exer- cise of their discretion, unless a strong case~of fraud or irreparable injury is shown,” the opinion reads. “And when such officers exercise their discretion and make their decision in good faith, without any intention of oppression er injury to private per- sons, an injunction against their ac- tion will not be allowed.” “The state’s attornéy, couns¢l for the commissions, in his oral argu; ment, and also the attorney for tie plaintiffs admitted that no binding contract had been entered into, and that the commissioners are still free to exercise their discretion in this matter. The only allegations of the complaint, if found by the court to | Tens of Thousands of Metal j Struction firms, who are expected to be true, upon which a-restraining or-} der can be issued are fraud or irre- parable damages, 12! “The matter is before the coyrt on (Continued on Page 2)... | Ameri |tory in New York work of com: IN WERDEN AS FORCES CLASH Seven Killed and Nearly Hun-' dred Wounded in Riots in German City 2,000,000 MINERS IDLE Workers Also Are Forced From Shops Berlin, May 28—Two million min- ers and tens of thousands of metal workers ure now on strike in the Ruhr, according to a special dis- patch to the Vossische Zeitung. It is believed that undoubtedly every mine center in the Ruhr is idle as a result of the tactics of the Com- j munists who are visiting the pits and forcibly ejecting the workers SEVEN KILLED Werden, ™ 28—Seven have been killed and 9 persons wounded in aturday night clashes between civ- ilians and volunteer police on the one side and Communists $n the other at Bochum, which seems to be the storm center of the disturbances in the Ruhr. Firemen and police are marooned in headquarters, arm- ed only with revolvers while the Communists possess well organized, Private advices by telephone indi- te the rioting continues with ex- treme violence. Belgian occupation troops at Buer have repulsed Com- munists who were attempting to or- ganize a revolt there. EXPULSION THREATENED Berlin, May 28 General Degout- tee, French commander in the Ruhr, has issued a new order to the Ger- man railway men to resume work under the French within 24 hours. All railway men under 60 years of age who fail to return will be ex pelled from the occupied territory, while those more than 60 years may consider themselves dismissed ‘from the service. é At New Low Record w Yerk, ~ May > 28—German ks sold in the local foreign ex- change market toda mil lion, a new low record for all time Bankers report little commercial de- mand for the German currency al- though large quantities of — marks ure purchased by local residents for transmission to relatives and friends in Germany. WILL OPEN BIDS TONIGHT Several Representatives of Contractors Here rifles and ave Representatives of several con- submit bids tonight to the city com- mission for the construction of a new water plant for the city, were in the city today. Several material men also were here to see success- ful bidders. The bids are to be received several units, so that it may be two or three days before the city com mission, advisory committee and en- gineers are ready to act on, th bids and repo¥t in detail the best bids, on RAIL BUILDER DIES IN EAST Minot, N. D., May 28.—John M. Egan, 75, who superintended thé construction of the Great Northern railway from Minot to Helena Mont. in 1887, setting a world’s record for speedy building, dropped dead at Dixon, Ill, shortly after he had ad- dressed a graduating class accord ing to word rece'ved here. He had been in the railroad service for more than 50 years. Pioneers of northwestern North Dakota recall Mr, Egan's visits here while directing the building of the Minot-Helena, undertaking. Mr Egan was then general superintend- ent of the Great Northern. For sev- eral years he was in charge of cun- struction activities on the Canadian Pacific, Workmen began laying track in Minot An April 1887, and the latter part of November the final spike was driven at Helena, a record as yet un- equalled, it is declared. Besides the laying of tracks, grading and bridge building also was done. Dr. Gilmore Home From Trip Dr. M. R. Ginmore, curator of the State Historical Society, haa re- turned from an eastern trip during which he attended the national parks convention at Turkey: Run, Indiana, @ state park, visited acien- tifle societies- in Washington and Wiscussed with Dr. Goddard of the cam Museum of Natural. Hie-. piling records of ancient Indian ceremonie: | rated.