The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1923, Page 1

+ _ WEATHER ‘Pair tonight ant er tonight. RECAST Tuesday. Coole ECKLUND RANKS TOWNSHIPS IN ASSESSMENTS 4 Wealthiest Township in the County Because of Mine Property Valuations VALUES ARE EQUALIZED Dairy Cattle in Burleigh County Placed at Value of $221,080 by Co. Board Ecklund township is the richeat subdivision in Burleigh county out- side of the of Bismarck, it is shown by the valuations of the coun- ty board of equalization'on real es- tate and personalproperty. Not on- ly does Ecklund have valuable’ real ate but it Has a personal property assessment roll of $236,788 due chief- ly to the location of property of the yeibure Lignite Coal Company in the township. The total value of personal proper- ty in the county, outside of the city of Bismarck which has’not been equalized as yet, is fixed at $1,673,- 991 by the county commi: ners. The real estate totals are not yet fixed. The assessnient rolls show value of elevators on leased sites to be $90,- 100 outside of | Bismarck, “building improvements, on leased sites $14,130; equipment of light, heat and power plants, $13,563; horses under one year, $2,700; horses one year old and under ‘two, $6,446; between two and a three, $11,588; three and over, $257,- 112; stallions $8,704, The value of dairy cows is fixed at $221,080; cattle under one year, $24,- 864; one year old and under two, $50,580; between two and three $53,- 010; bulls, $15,420; all other cattle three years and over, $16,775; sheep, $2,040; hogs, $25,340; household goods, $148,538; clothing, jewelry, firearms, ete., $42,348; tools of me- chanics, $8,735; tools, implements of farmers, $246,553; gas or steam trac- tors or threshing engines, $63,216; threshing machines, $35,395; stocks of merchandise of wholesale mer- chants, $28,007; retail merchan’ $106,258. Values for"the city of Bismarck probably will be equalized and tained this week. ‘ Values By Townships The valuation of real estate and personal property by townships in the county follows: Real estate Personal « $222,870 $ 28,226 239,498 258,504 249,888 194,208 84,694 261,180 273,131 Wild Rose . Long Lake . Morton Telfer . Missouri . Fort Rice Thelma Taft . Logan . joyd .. pple Creek . Lincoln .. Driscoll . Sterling . McKenzie Menoken .- Gibbs ... ; qe Creek’. lear Lake Christiania * Sibley Butte . Frances Naughton 336,020 312,690 181,141 285,075 280,064 280,980 277,443 298,041 295,625 261,591 282,335 240,976 $29,133 530,975 258,518 + 218,011 Riverview Lein ... Lyman Tryge . Cromwel Crofte Glenview Harriett . Wing .. 4. Rock Hill . Ghylin Ecklund Richmond Canfield . Estherville - Grass Lake Hazel’ Grove . Florence Lake Summit .. 6,836 | al | other attorneys to fight the casi WHAT" ONE SMALL BOY CAN po . cs ‘| 3s GROWERS WILL |HEAVY DAMAGE IS DONE WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE OF SEVERE INTENSITY HOLD WHEAT IS JEWETT CLAIM Head of American Wheat Growers Says $50,000,000 Is Available for Holding eee FOR SELLERS’ Says Wheat Should be Near $1.50 a Bushel to Show Profit for Farmers Minneapolis, July 28.—Bolstered by When a small boy took a rock and broke a switch lock on a Montana railroad he caused this smaghup, |Zovernment agricultural loans upon in which five persons were killed. of after being freed. CAR SHORTAGE NOT FEARED IN NORTH DAKOTA’ New Equipment and Plan to Return Cars Will Prevent “It, Says Milhollan No serious car shortage is expected | in North Dakota this fall, as a re- sult of the combined efforts of rail- road executives and officials of rail- road commissions of Northwestern states, Chairman Frank Milhollan of the North Dakota commission said to- day, All railroads operating in North Dakota have a large number of empty cats stored at this time, according to reports made at a conference held in Sioux Falls, S. D., the chairman said. In addition the roads have purchased new locomotives and cars. Eastern railroads, he said, have promised to’ continue the present policy of returning empty cars to western lines without delay, two rep- Tesentatives stern’ tailroads hav- ing BONY present at the Sioux ‘Falls conference. The railroad commission and rail- roads have settled on a policy for the distribution of cars at» points where elevators are blocked. The number of cars allotted to the vleva- tors will be on the ‘basis of* the amount of grain shipped ten days prior to the elevator becoming block- ed; the railroad commission chairmap said. TEACHER TELLS OF DIFFICULTY Says School Board Sought to Fire Her Becapse She Wouldn’t Teach Socialism ‘1924, returned from a tour of Eur- * Mrs, Mabel Wing, who has sued the Gibbs school district for $550 salary, declared today in a statement here that. the school board of the district sought to discharge her be- cause she wouldn’t teach socialism. “The facts are,” she said, firtding out that I showed no inclina- tion to teach socialism in the school, but forced the district to provide books suitable for the pupils of North Dakéta, the board sent me word that if | could show them that I was a so- cialist I would have no trouble, but things would develop should ‘I refuse Mrs, Wing sued for five _ months salary, while the board refused to pay her, claiming that she had been discharged, She finished out the sehool year. She asserted the county attorney advised. that the board should. pay her and that the board retain.d it] Cut School Taxes Village Regan 16,771 South Wilton ...... 2632 The board of cousity commissioners ‘was in session toda: ‘ One Dies In Northwest Storm: ‘| past week. Minot, N. D., July 23—The most widespread wind ald -rain’ storm ot the season, accompanied’ by violenv electrical disturbances visited north- western North Dakota late Friday af- ternoon, resulting in one’ death, thar of Dwight Ooley, of Norwich who! was struck by lightning. 4 reported in isplated cases, thoug! no instance was the area affected of large dimensions. able damage to farm. buildings be) nado wind; aye oe, ial eno Faris, 168 meee oben lar-.| gest in the state. pith ie 3 In Dickinson’ Dickinson, July 23.—Dickinson tax- payers will have to dig up more than $4,000 1 for the maintenance of. their schools during the coming years than they did during the twelve months just closed, according to the tentative budget and levy made by the board ‘of education ‘durin; . The levy for th year ending June fixed st approxima’ total amount collected in ‘taxes last year .was $81,995.54. . ‘estimated that the expense shtly. lower during. the) Paste x small} amount will be The balance will Serious damages dpe to; hall re be gy i debted- year the in mark has been reduced $83,000. , Of this in bonds ‘were retired.| ” in and is ‘aiding the "dis: in keeping the Photo shows rescuerg trying to extr' feate the engineer, who died short- HIRAM JOHNSON, BACK FROM EUROPE, “SHLENT UN PRESIDENTIAL BOOM New York, July 28.—United States Senator Hitam Johnson of Califor- nig, boomed by hig friends for the Re- publican presidential’ nomination in ope today on the Leviathan, refus- ing te -indieate to reporters or te the crowd who gathered to greet him Whether his hat was in the ring. To reporters: who pressed him for some indication of how he fe about the “Johnson for President’ movement he had ever the same an- swer though h ephrased it different- ly—that. he wasn’t going to. be iR- terviewed on that subject today. NO Oars Druggists To “Advertise City The state draggists’ will advertise Bismarck in advertis- ing their 1923 convention, to be held here August 7 to 9, Cuts have been obtained from The Tribune and ma- terial from the Association of Com- merce for advertising matter which will tell of the city’s attractions, and be sent to all members. of the North Dakota Pharmaceutical Association. The district convention of the lum- bermen’s association meets here on August 1 12, 589 BIRTHS. “IN ONE YEAR | ssirth Rate: iggy Exceeds Death Rate in the State | association There were 12,589 births in North Dakota in 1922, according to the latest bulletin of the state health board, That is.19.5 per 1,000. The death rate for 1922 was 6.8 per 1,000, and the death rate among infants was 66.8 per 1,000, Emmons county. with 34.6 per 1,000 produced more bables in 1922 than any other county in thi ate, while Towner with 8.1, had the smallest allotment of infants, . Grand Forks county appears to. be the most dangerous locality in the state with a death rate of : 11.1 per 1,000 in 1922, while Bowman cotnty was healthiest with an average of laf} persons dying out of every 1,000. Cass is next with 10.9. Beach led the cities in babies with 44.4 per 1,000 or 49 hile Ellendale, with only seven, ar.a birth rate of 5.2 per railed the rest. Fargo is high with 34.3 per 1,000. igures for 1922 showed the period betwepn birth and one year. of age to be the most dangerous for 841 deaths out of a Tist.of 4,449 took place in that tinie of life. After a year of age is reached everything.is comparatively safe for a while whtil the period between 30 and 40 .when a heavier death rate sets in again, sording he the table. FIND BOOZE CAR DAl DAMAGED Claim to Aa SS tiie to State Mgt 2 Authorities in‘ Matter — Claim: will be mage to the state auditing board that’the Cadillac au- tomobile captured Py state license of- y jown two years ago. {trict court of Stute-' man ante holds shall be returned to Mrs. Julia den be. returned substantially ‘the sam conaitins it was when copfiscated, Mrs, Madden's husband killed by officers in the chase and battl which followed the spotting of the pores ‘car, the ‘automobile and liquor confiscated, . came here ‘from , and ‘started pro- car, claiming it ‘wes: innocent: of its og in bapse traffic, itiratia the ie ene Mra: license cars, were is now stored a w|i BUY COAL NOW $00 OFFICIAL: “HERE ADVISES Big Crop Movement Makes: Necessary. Laying in ef. + Early Supply Buy your coal now. F, R, Newman, ge’ ‘ager of the Soo lines, Saturday, not only urges gives reasons to cgai consumers.” », “The .railroads, are each week handling the greatest treffic in their history,” says Mr. Newman: in a bul- letin prepared for distribution over the Soo lines. “The time is drawing near when traffic will be greatly in- bereased by the necessity. of moving agricultural products, “Your attention is direeted to the fact that: carriers are now in better], shape to give service than they will be later in the season. “With prospects for a good crop, railroad facilities will be Speatly tax- ed later in the seasén and we earn- estly ask your co-operation in buying and having your coal shipped now, or otherwise there may not be suffi- cient equipment to properly take care of your requirements during the fall and winter months, particularly in your territory where winter storms frequently hamper operation. “The railroads are adding to their coal'storage at present to make more card ‘available for the att increase and we, earnestly: solicit your co- operation in getting as much of your coal inj now as possible. “Wifi you not pl railroads in this mov HAIL LOSSES “ON INCREASE Dickinson, July 23.—During the period July 5 to 17, 296 claims for hail loss were filed by Stark county farmers with the state hail insurance department. The claims varied in amounts from a few dollars up to several hundred. Only one other on the Slope filed more claims during that period, McKenzie with 310. Sher- idan county led the state with a to- tal of 644 claims filed during the twelye days. Other Slope counties which filed’ heavy claims were Adams with 117; Bowman, 70; Dunn, 35; Billings, 18 Golden Valley, 98; Hettinger, 27; Mercer, 6; Morton, 57; - Slope, 82; Sioux, 29; Grant, 114; and Oliver, 3. jist the nt 7’ which no limit has’ been’ set and which may run up to $50,000,000, the American Wheat Growers association will decline to sell a bushel of wheat at present prices, and will hold its supplies in storage for an advance for a year if necessary, ‘George C. Jewett, general manager, said here last night. The policy of the wheat prowers organization, which report prospec- ve receipts of from 60,000,000 to 75,- 000,000 bushels, is on manifestation of a so-called “selling strike” ap proved hy the American Farm Bn rean federation, according to dis. patches from Chicago. Thomas Ha con, managér of the United States Grain growers Sales campany, ssid thet his comnany. would follow the annroved by the Americon 4) Farm , burei federntion and would urge formers to hold their wheat for the nreeont and to use the resources, of the Federal Intormediate Credit hark thraneh analified agencies to enable them to do it.” “Not a Bushel” to Sell. Mr, Jewett saiq the first wheat to be handled by the American Wheat Growers associated would come in from the southwest ina few days and and that not a bushel will be sold until the price.goes up. He said the Oklahoma Wheat Growers Asso- iuted, a state body organized on a similar basis,:but not affliated with the national organization, is already borrowing about $100,000 daily from the Intermediate Credit bank in Kan- ‘sas forthe’ purpose, of holding in ‘wheat. At a conference of Federal Land bank and Intermediate Credit bank officials in St.Paul, Mr. Jewett said, his o ization wag assured the In- termediate Credit bank would take eare of any excess needs ang that no limit was placed on the amount of money that might be borrowed. By “excess needs” was meant any money needed beyond what non-government- al banks would lend. naliey per cent and will be loaned to the farmer at that vate,” Mr. Jewett said. “The farmer faces the problem of handling of this crop with better fi- nancial equipment than he ever has had before, and we believe, through our own organization, more concrete ins’ of attaining’orderly marketing than ever was at his disposa) before, Calls Low Price Unjustified, 41 do not believe there 18 any justi- }fication tor the present price ot wheat, not only because it ig less than the cost of prouuction, but! also be- cause of tle tactors of supply and demand. 1 believe the present price is not the result of government in- terference and the Capper-Tincher law, bat a speculative result, a cul- mination of abear movement that is quite likely to come about at this time of the year. ‘here is talk of a wheat surplus in this country of 180, 000,000 bushels—loose talk, for: t! the world surplus, a not unusual plus. Our own surplus is 80,000,000 bushels, a smaller one than we often jad. I think production this ris hardly up to average. “Certainly we will not sell at pres- ent prices. We will hold out al’year y. The farmers will be per cent of the market price when they deliver their wheat to through reédiscount facilitie ‘and With that advance we will be able to hold out, Suggests $1.50 to Snow Proft, it we would like to have and what ‘we will get in the way of a price are often two ent things. But $150-would be a price at which our.farmers could show some profit.” The total number of claims filed ty Budget N Necessary Dickinson, July 23 with the provisions of the law passed ¢ 23.—In accordance Stark ‘county commissioners in ses- sion at the court house this week tang Maxwell. of A slight eut in attendance is ex- thi immer term of the J} which crs next Thursday morning,|, ‘|duly 26. The first term in which more than 40 Slope teachers and studentd sre enrolled, will close e n. Many-of the stu-|™ second while others will leave immed- pe for a. brief vacation before their schools begin or to take up|® other: work. \- Three new instructors will eome place of * présent faculty bers’ Who ite severing their connections: with the instituti leaving on. vacations. They. at Miss Mae Mahoffa of Millboro, 8. D., school ‘| second term. Superintendent H. H. STRIKE] “The money is obtainable at 51-2 |. STRIKES AT SAN San ‘Bernardino, Calif., July Thousands of dollars worth of dam. age was done here at 11:28 oclock last night when the most violent earth- quake in the history of the city was recorded. The hall of records, a building in the courthouse group, was badly damaged, tons of rock being torn loose from the walls, The falling debris crashed through the. roof of a rooming house adjoin- 23.— STEVENS BROS. GET CONTRACT Stevens Bros., contractors of S:. Paul and owners of lignite coal} mines at Garrison, have been awarded the contract on the first link of the proposed $5,000,000 highway project in Glacier Park, Montana, the company being the low bidder. The highwiy 1s planned as one of the most pictayesque “sky line” bighways in the world. 4 DROWN ON TORRID DAY IN NORTHWEST Two Children Drowned at Twin Cities; Two Lose Lives in South Dakota Minneapolis, July 23.—Drowning of two boys, one a five year old lad who slipped from his ‘mother’s grasp at a bathing party, three prostrations, and injury. of eight persons in traffic ac- cidents on Minneapolis streets crowd- ed by the influx of motor visitors northward bound, last night marked the close of a day of torrid tempera- tures: that threaten to duplicate them- selves taday: . :At Orman lake, near Belle Fourche, 8. D., the heat wave cost two more lives, when two young men seeking relief in the irrigation reservoir wete drowned. One bof thé casualtics of theiday tn Minneapolig was a traffic patrolman, run down by an automobile while on duty. He was A, V. Palmersten, tem- porarily assigned to duty to help handle the crush brought on by the influx of motor tourists and the out- rush of thousands of Minneapolitans bound for the lakes to seek relief from the heat. The dead: Andrew Montgomery, aged 5, son of Mr. and. Mrs. Joseph Montgomery, 2337 DoswelF avenue, St. Paul, drown- ed in Gull lake, Edward Woodling, aged 8, George Woodling, 4407 Grimes nue 8. drowned in Lake Calhoun. W. H. Lee, Huron, S. D., drowned while seeking relief from thesheat in Orman lake, irrigation reservoir of the Belle Fourche, 8. rict. | Harold Wamsley, Spearfish, 8. D., drowned trying to rescue Lee. PRESIDENT ON WAY TO U.S. U.S. 8S. Henderson to Dock at Vancouver, B. C. Wed- jon of ave- On Board U, S. S. Henderson with President Harding, July 23.—The navy transport Henderson bearing President, and Mrs. Harding and members of their party: ploughed steadily ‘south today following the last visit to Alaskan ports paid yes: terday at Sitka when farewells and good wishes for the territory's fu- ture elopment wert ‘id formally. The next stop is scheduled at Van- couver, B, C.,, Wednesday morning. POSSE HUNTS FOR $. D. BOY Went Out to Get Horses: Thought Taken by Band Rapid City, 3. D., July 28.—A posse men were searching yesterday orning for Kenneth Hunt, 18-year-~ old Rapid City lad, who has been mit nce Thursday. He left Mis father’s ranch to find some horses feged to, have been stolen i a forral the “night before. have since returned. It is psy by. Sheriff Lockhart that the horses were liberated in a fight with thieves which ended in foul play for the boy. ‘ed country side is wrought up over fal} pe Cara Coll ‘Avtoniobil of and Sam Helvig coMided on the Man- dan road, west of the bridge, both au- rod iging pice Sper | jomyrr ag pet atemetes) No one png = to William Johnson |' BERNARDINO, CALIF. ing, critically injuring George Fish- er, 56, who was siveping at the time. Other roomers were thrown into a panic and rushed into the atreet partly clothed, Plate glass windows in a number of business establishments were shat- tered, walls of numerous buildings and side-walks were cracked, tele- phone communication was cut off adding to the pandemonium and the street lights were extinguished. HEAVY WIND DOES DAMAGE NEAR FORKS Barns Blown Down in Red River Valley Sunday Storm Near Michigan Grand Forks, July 23—Heavy wind Sunday preceding a rainstorm in this section did considerable damage to crops, according to reports gathered here. At Michigan, N. D., trees were *| broken, awnings torn down and con- siderable damage of less severity was done, Two barns were destroyed, one near Michigan and one near Peters- burgh, and two ews were killed. At Cavalier the wind also did dam- age to some extent, destroying one barn. Heavy rain was reprted from ‘a number of ‘rounding towns but damage at these places from wind was only slight. There was no hail so far as could be learned. » + ‘In Grand Forks -the wing was strong but did no extensive damage. GRAIN HARVEST, IS UNDER WAY Oats, Barley and Rye Being Cut in Burleigh Coenen The grain harvest haa, atari in Burleigh county and will be in full blast by the end of the week. Oats, barley and rye is being cut in various parts of the county; cut- ting of some early sown wheat was started today and late sown wheat Will be cut within ten days in many places, Raymond Hogue, 9 miles north of town, is cutting rye. Victor Moy- nier, county commissioner, reported a field of wheat was being cut east of the city. i ‘The early sown wheat, it is report- ed, is short but the hends are well filled and apparently the quality of wheat will be good. It is feared rust. will damage the late sown wheat. GRAIN RATE HEARING SOON Railroad Commission Will Hear Reports on July 26 Representatives of. organizations interested in intrastate grain rates are invited tb attend the railroad commission’s hearing on July 26, in its general investigation into the question of, the reasonableness of railroad rates within the state, Chair- Milhollan of the . commission id today. In addition to considering the state asa whole the commission will con- sider ‘specifically the reasonableness of rates from all parts of North Da- kota to the state mill and elevator at rand Fork: bik J. Goodman, Gra: ‘orks, tra: mill, will Ae ¥ ating in North Dakota parti Tire-Bursting / Guess Prizes’ Are Announced B, G. Owen won first prize in the |Sre-bursting guessing contest con- ducted by the Lockwood Accessory pany, dealers in Michelin tires ‘and tubes; Sid Breslow won second and George Smith - third, Bight hundred guesses ranged from 10 to 1,300 strokes. of an ‘inche and: a [helt DeLuxe pump necessary ‘to cares the tire to burst. nO Magheed ed 437 strokes. Owen’ 425. \He wine a 30 by wm tues {second prise was a DeLuxe sen (220. third prize two quarts aco’ Motor Oil. ‘The tube which burst was a BL 30 Eee ri tack Michelin tube. Micheli office, aid the ‘Lockwood DR. KOO ‘NAMED. Peking, China, Joly 28.—Dr. tp ington. Koo ‘the: is of weather blanket which ha: ILLINOIS TOWN ISTERRORIZED AFTER FLIGHT One Convict Killed, Guards Are Beaten When the In- sane Men Escape Prison — POSSES FOLLOW THEM Hiding Places Along Missis- sippi Bluffs Offer Excellent Retreats for Men Chester, Ill, July 23.—Forty-one criminally ihaane convicts “were at large in this vicinity today following the wholesale jail delivery at the state hospital for the criminal insane last night in which one of ‘the. con- lain, two guards stabbed seriously and other guards and offi cials badly beaten. Many of those who escaped had been committed to the institution on their pleas of in- sanity when charged with murder in various parts ofthe state. Numerous posses, including 60 guards of the southern Illinois peni- tentiary, which is adjacent to the hos- police officers and izens scouring a thick-wooded section north of Chester where most of the fugitives are believed in hiding. The unlevel topography of the sec- tion and bluffs skirting the Mis: sippi river nearby, give the escaped convicts many secure hiding places, leaders of the posse, who said the work of pursuit was tor- near by, receiv- e with terror. Within a short while the streets of Chester were: deserted and most of the male: residents ‘remained up. all night garding théir-hom arms. -The* town has negligible po- lice protection. ‘The dead * ‘convict ‘is Jackson, a ‘negro, who’ was ‘sentenced Chicago fof murder.” He. was shot by ‘a guard shortly after he and $0 other infratea ‘made their’ escape. Later it was reported that 16 other convicts had been recaptured. ‘The ‘delivery oceurted when convicts; :who were in’the: ‘exercise yard, a steel wire stockade, seized a moment, when their guards. were re- laxing and pounced upon them. Ten guards within the inclosure: were averpowered, After overpowering the guards the convicts’ used a wooden bench as a battering ram and hammered a hole through the stockade through which the men fled in all. ee BS ls diracei pe: HEAVY RAIN AT DICKINSON 1.46 Inches of Rain Is Report- ed Over Sunday Period William 8. a27 Heavy rains in various parts of the state were reported by the weather bureau in the 48-hour period ending at 7 o'clock this morning. t Indications jo. were that the hot covered western North Dakota would be tift- ed slightly tonight and tomorrow. Dickinson reported 1.46 inches of rain over Sunday. Grand Forks re- ported 1.40 and Larimore 1.85. Scat- tered showers fell at other ‘points. The drizzling rain which: continued in Bismarck for hours brought a Precipitation of only three-hun- dredths of an inch. x Slightly cooler weather pr. Is all over the Rocky Mountain region, the weather bureau reports. ae Seaareamione Race | The Weather. | o For Bismarck and vicinity: | Fair tonight and Tu Cooler tonight. For North Dakota: -Pair’ tonight and Tuesday. Coolér’ tonight." General Weather Conditions Scattered showers fell in ‘the upper Mississippi Valley,.in North Dakota and in Montana, Wyomi: nd. Utah. Very heavy showers fell in parts of Wyoming. The weather. is fair over the southern Plains States. Slightly cooler weather prevails over the northern Rocky Mountain, region. Road. Conditions The roads throughout the State are mostly: in good to Poon tend. \ North Dakota oe ee Preci. & Pe 3 8 a00 iSesesrese eeee bEebuok seo ee én oo!