The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1924, Page 8

2S LA L x PAGE EIGHT HOLDS STATE NOT CAUSE OF TAX INCREASE Commissioner Converse $ State Levy Falls While Others Increase HOV DISTRIBUTION cldiers’ Bonus Big Part of Tax Levy in the Last Few Years, He S Says ernment ine Tax Commissionc cont re r hep “HOWDY, MR. PRESIDENT is elu the state board of 5 F 1,000,000 ral property Ss recepticn within a de aid Mr, Converse, “Of this : soldier's bonus is ac ~ $5 100 in round nom. | territory and Galicia) un d farm loan 87,000 are responsible for Un r old state be are re Unemployed 12,840 sponsible for $251,000, leaving a total Unemployed 11,009 eral fund levies $12,462,000 1 total of $20,000,000. itemized ement for the 3 shows levies $12,462,786.68 ond sinking state bonds) ond interest bonds) (old Industrial bond interest lev total Soldier's bonus Of the state tax te board of equal in 1928 nearly percent will be expended for purposes other than the ordinary on yment among the civi and unskilled worker (in 52 towns) 443,000 The industria for the wor indi upkeep of state government,” | Mr. Converse said, “Stating it in an other way, of each dollar collected a from the 1923 state levy, there will be paid out for state bonds and the fraction cents, for soldier's bonus! 5 twe n and a fraction cents! fo» education, including s@ite insti tutions and st aid to cals twenty-ni nda tion cents, und charitable institutions and a fraction cents, a total of ind nine mills for — those | Awarded $50 P. For Best Bae Ure San ee aan E .} Dramatic Werk Submit- » the home builders ted te U. of N. D. ing fifteen cents and 1 each dollar to be applied to| a sobethe legislature, juc, On- Cat) Voss iof Metlinger is) the tive and administrative! winner of the — Vold-Piaymaker departm | prize dFamatic composition, Continuing Mr. Converse’ said: | fered through the Dakota. Playa “It will he observed at once thatlers of the Universiiy of North Da when the soldier's bonus is finally) kota for the best full length play paid, there will be a substantia sii atin by any resident. of the duction in state taxes, It may evsi-} state, The i ) offered by Iv be that with the return of better} W. IH. Vold and Forks, togeth times, with fewer delinquencie nll with a $25 royalty to be reevived farm loan interest, the levy for in-j trom the Playmakers upon ter on state bonds can be made first production of the play. The I » substantial in| author will also receive one-half of expenditures for penal it-| all subsequent roy although the able institution ited.| play becomes the property of the it seems hkely ers who will publish it in nue after this eries G* pla The judges y 1 oil tax and the income! for the contest were Gertrude E tax will a further decrease in| Johnson of the University of Wis the state nsin, Prof derick IH. Koch, di- Mr. Converse pointed out that the| rector of the Carolina Playmakers of wtate levy is the smallest, and that| the University of North Carolina, renachlon lan ore Jand Carleton Miles, ie critic local problem. He gave the the Minneapolis J property taxes in 1921 among the} Dr Voss’ several classes of taxing districis as! life in the foll8w: | Dakota m for t State levy | part occurs in the interior of th Geereo layin ter-Seotch,” a candy store of th Rometinicvics A political race for a Unit- Gare Asilace: lev Jed States senatorship froms the nu RRuGuI ikerict levies i45ie, [cleus of the plot. The play is not The t ‘on limitation law of the; Withou Ay LOAN GY: Ao last session of the legislature, re Sons RCONNID EIDE, Mr. Converse dec , did not jurious!s considerable age of the total number of districts, predicted by FEWER IDLE IN EUROPE All Countries E Except Ger-| many Show Decline in Unemployed affect percent taxing some. any as London, Jan. 7.—A sur nomic conditions and unemployment figures in the different countries of Europe, compiled by the Internation- al Federation of Trade Unions, shows that in comparigon with last year there is in nearly all countries, e cepting Germany, a notable decline of unemployment. The industrial ituation in some countries, together with the latest figures on unemploy. jent, is as follows: Belgiums—A great revival in indus- try; unemployed 12,368. France—Economic situation highly atisfactory; unemployed 1,363. Holland—-Li change in the la-| bor market; 1/xemployed and partial- | ly unemployed 80,222. Itely—A steady decrease in unem- _ ployment; unemployed 231.500. Bs ‘Fpand—(Exclusive of the former at villian, a ing hero, and Julia Johan sen, an exceptionally well drawn character who contributes a wealth dialect. The play writtea ng the author's period af war in York City of ihe is an y fYort Dr. Voss, “I simply wrote the amuse myself with a slice of Dakota life Voss was horn Jobtained a degree | University of Chr | i | g NEW words of one hole In the play | North | Dr. to in from tiania This automoile was presented to Roe Wilson on the cccasion: of his 67th ‘pirthday. ‘The ‘Di ture- was taken when the former president rode in te auto for the: first time. Wilson. The other woman in rear is Miss Margaret Wilson. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE y with President me lr ard we Mrs. Ce und thio in the second White guns out to Hous Pennsylvan| ‘MORE TRAFFIC IS RECORDED. ade Is’ Held More or Less Dependent on the Buying Power of Europe Baltic ports shipping activ- remunerative rates, ac- conding to the Se n Shipping Britisa indinavian trade, French The Copenhagen, are showing increased ity at fairly pdinavia and predominate this in American ghters me i Preneh par.icula keen for the j business in wh e the war, DR. CARL V« they virtually had no part. this paper goes on to dent upon ver of Russia, and ob- sk ng if the Soviet Re- will be able to continue fi: their tremendous purchas- fer a nu tuss ati exports are increasing nd product“on and bounds, it declares, and cation. Dr return freights. he Met r But even if Russia does not main- Lexion Fl n her increase, there is always the rormous Swedisi® and Finnish tim- and allied trddes, and the sea- traffic of Poland. Tae more conditions become in’ Ger- the the increase in eights to n Poland. Mari- pS ay ime activity at Dantz'g is growing The Vo'd contest is open to “all rapidly residents of North Dakota except” “The new Baltic states, Esthonia, those directly concerned with the Latvia and Lithuania, represent by warding of the prize. Céllaboration y9 means a. negligible factor in for- vuthorship is allowable, The play aign shipping. These countries seem must cove least two hours of gradually to be recovering, and after hard struggles they have succeeded in placfhg their national currencies actual play Dramatizations of any published story, or any plays previously printed may not be en oy 4 gold basis. England has made tered in the contest. There are'no heayy investments in the Baltic restrictions as to the two of play. states, and the rulers of Soviet Rus- although, other things being equal. 5 testiticdito th r intention of the judges favor plays representing jecnecting their~indcpendence. some phase of life, past or presents jfence, the Scandinavian Shipping nin or the Northwest ¢; tte s, in the Baltic the hip- aim is to nS ¢ situation is not entirely with- and to utilize out promise. pat The contes n annual one and Peden ay? ie the 1924 competition y be for- warded to the univers at any time. Inquires will prompt and care*ul hoped that Dr Voss is only the fir of a lol line of North Dakota p James Skjoul 66, pioneer of thy NEW HOTEL CLERK Missouri Slope,'died’ at 8 o'clock this Jock Goodman of Osakis, Minn. is| morning of pneumonia of which he the new night clerk at the Lewis & was stricken Saturday. He haa Clark hotel. Robert Reynolds, who jeen in ill health two years. Mr. has held the position for the past Skjod, a native of Denmark, came te rs is now “greeter” at the Minnesota, thence to Washburn, the day time where he was interested in a general store from 1881 to 1905, and since BED JACKETS 1995 has been millwright of the local Attractive bed jackets are made of | Russell-Miller Milling company. me de chine and ed bound with of crene with another color aribou or ostrich. Four children survive. Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. Seated next to him ig Mr: A IN THE BALTIC | give recognition not to a people or j the /LODGE STRIKES “AT RUSSIA IN SENATE SPEECH | Chairman of Foreign Rela- tions Committee Opposes Any Recognition | WOULD BE BIG CHANCE Diplomatic Cloak ,Could Seek to Undermine U. | Says Soviet Officials Under | Jan, 7.—The admin- Jistration’s policy of non-recognition | of the present Soviet government of i Russia was supported vigorously today in the senate by Senator Lodge | Washington {a® Massachusetts Republican leader ;and chairman of the foreign rela | Lions committee. Quoi extensively from | vecords and documents to show j interlocking of the Soviet govern- !ment and the Cominunist interna- |tionale Senator Lodge also brousht | additional evidence to the support of ! Secretary Hughes’ contention that public the {officials of the Soviet are a party, through the Communist | internationale, to revolutionary prop- aganda in the United States aimed at the overthrow of the American gov- ernment. “In my judgment,” he said, in sum- marizing his argument, “it is no time to give the Soviet government | of Russia the official recognition: and | approval of the United States and | invite official representatives to come | under us, and under the diplomatic | | shield seek to breux up our own labor organizations, attack American | laws and American freedom and kin- | die the flame of riot and disorder throughout our country.” “‘Obsta principles’ is nd wise rule never heeded here at | an ancient | this moment when we are asked to a country but to a government—an | active, insidious enemy working un- | der our flag against all the- beliefs and institutions which Americans hold most precious.” Reading a carefully prepared ad- dress of upwards of 30,000 words, | Senator Lodge announced that his | arguments contained “no secret or | anonymous report of any kind” and that he addresse@ himself solely to | the proposition contained in the res- | olution of Senator Borah, Republi- | can, Idaho, that the senate declare | in favor of the recognition of the | present Soviet government. | MAGNUS WILL ENTER STATE TO MAKE TALK Is on Program of Tri-Stat Grain Growers Convention, Is Announcement FARES ARE REDUCED Special Inducements Held Out to Farmers to Travel to Fargo for Meeting FARGO, N.DAK., Jan, 7.—Reduc- ed railroad fares have been securqd for the farmers, grainmen and busi- neasmen who v attend the twenty- fifth annual Tri-State Grain Growers Convention in Fargo, January 16-17, announces W. C. Palmer, secretary of Tri-State Grain Growers Asso-| ciation. The convention will open! Wednesday morning, January 16, at 9:30, with an address by Dr. Johnj Lee Coulter, president of the North Dakota Agricultural college, and president of the association. Dr. Coulter's address will consist | ‘argely of a detailed explanation of | the Coulter plan of accelerated diver- | sification. This plan is now drafted | in the bill which has been proposed to Congress by representatives of the northwest. In addition to Dr. Coulter’s ad- dress the program of Wednesday, January 16, will also consist of ad- drespes by agricultural leaders on various subjects. Among these will be a talk on “Commodity Co-oper- ative Organization,” by C. M. Mor- gan, Fargo. The morning of January 17 will be devoted to two illustrated lectures. B. Byron Bobb, Haynes, North Da- kota, who is valled the alfalfa: king of western North Dakota, will give an illustrated lecture on alfalfa, and Dr. H. L. Walster, agronomist of the North Dakota Agricultural col- lege, will speak on sweet clover: These two lectures will be given in the State Theater, Fargo. Thursday afternoon: will be given to discussion on livestock raising and dairying. |W. C. Peters of the Minn- esota college of agrieujture will ad- dress the convention on beef cattle and hogs. In addition to, ‘the lec- tures already listed by the officers of the association, the program will be government | | him as | and Blias H. fe gh (Copyright by Gillett is now serving his ss Speaker of the House | of Representatives, having been re- elected practically by a unanimous vote of the Republican members of the House. His selection is popular both with Republican: and Democrats. the Democratic leader -of the House referring ta “a robust partisan, but a gentlemanly one.” added to by other addresses on agri- cultural subjects. The officers of the Tri-State Grain owers’ Convention for the present year are Dr. John Lee Coulter, presi- dent; Gordon W. Randlett, vice- president; W. C. Palmer, secretary. Several of. the farm organizations are planning on holding their annual meeting at the same time as the ‘present annual meeting of the Tri-/ Among these are} State association. the Equity Co-operative Exchange, the Farm Managers’ Association, and the North Dakota Wool Growers’ As- sociation. The Equity opens its pro- gram on Tuesday, January 15. Johivson to’ Speak Senator “Magnus Johnson, Mr. James Marahan of St. Paul, and Paul P. Moore, West Branch, Towa, are simong the’ speakers who will appear on the Equity program, it was an- nounced today by officers of the | Equity association. Meetings ‘of the’ Tri-State Gra Growers ‘convention will be held in the Fargo auditorium, with the ex- ception the illustrated lectures, for which the State Theater has been secured. ‘ “More.than 2500 people are expect- ed to attend. the various meetings this ‘declares Mr. Palmer. “We always expect the auditorium to be crowded during the week .of the Tri-State Grain Growers’ convention and that certainly: willbe the case this year with: the’ other farmer or- ganizations holding their conventions during the same; week, and the reduc- ed fares offered by ‘the railroads. But we anticipate ‘no trouble in ac- comodations for them as there has heyer -been’ any difficulty about rootning: facilities: in former years.” Mr. Palmer advises that the re- duced: ticket sale “will be held at any station in the three states from January 12-16, The return limit that these tickets may be used is January wenty-first and no stop-overs are lowed. i SAYS FRAUD WAS PROVED 'O’Ryan Assails Forbes’ ministration of Vets Bureau Washington, Jan. 7.- AJ)—Charges that Charles Forbes as director of the Veterans Bureau “wag a leading actor iri an established conspiracy to defraud the gaverrment” .aré made by John F.\O*Ryan. general couns in this report to the Veterans Com- mittee. “In _ developing this inquiry,” General O’Ryan said, “it has been conclusively, esta}lighed ‘by the testimony. ct’ witnesses, by docu- mentary evidenite and by corrcbeor- ative effects -of.numerous tell-i7le circumstances -that” were brovgat out that fraud .gnd corrupation ex- isted. Jn the bureau.” Others named ere Cc. B. ares, of Tacoma,: Wash. J....W. jomp- gon of BC cae contractor; ithe } late: James,W. Black of Chicago Mortimer of Phitedel- ef witness \ agsinst med*.in? blaek ‘are: stuart’ for é worn with dark or Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has been in use for over 30 years pleasant, harmless substitute ‘Yor Caster Oil, Earepories Teething Drops and 8 ’ Sytups/ Contain: oven directions sri Bh dosedlaa every “The kind ‘you where RASS “it. ought ‘3 signature of | Harris & Ewing) | HON. FREDERICK H. GILLETT | | Speaker, House of Representatives Ad-| | \ay the a. R.| Singers, Speakers—Everybody! Doctors, Nurses, Dentists Recommend CATARRHAL JELLY ONDON’S is antiseptic and healing. For over 30 years Kondon’s has been helping millions of people for all kinds of Colds and Catarrhal affections. For HEAD, NOSE, THROAT TROUBLES Kondon’s makes life worth living. Write for 20-treat- ment tin. It’sfree. 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The loans have not reoult- | ed in putting a great amount of “rew | money” in the state, since the ex- | perience of officials of the depart ment is that 95 percent of the loans of the ¢idin re- MOSTLY REFUNDING Little “New Money” Intro- duced Through the Farm j are made for refunding purposes to 5 | pay off mortgages already i Loans, Records Show {on the land. The fact that the loans é [usually are made on encumbered Farm loans to the amount of ap-| land is another factor in the time proximately $12,500,000 have been | feduired to complete a loan. made by the Bang of North io feogey|| to farmers of the state since the | Beware of I ienitation’l bank was organized, according to re- cords of the department. Of this |amount of loans approximately $2,- 500,000 was closed by the bank when under the. Nonpartisan League _ad- ministration and, $10,000,000 since that time. The bank was opened in July, 1919, and continued under the | League administration until Decem-| ber, 1921, a period of about twovand | a half years, and has been under its ; present administration slightly more than two years. The original farm loan law author- | ized $10,000,000 of farm loans, but the law since has been amended and the amount enlarged, so that making | of loans is expected to continue on| the rate maintained by the bank for| the last year of slightly more than $500,000 a month. A total of $12,500,000 of real es-|, tate bonds have been issued, of which $900,000 have not been deliver- cd, The farm loan department of the Bank of North Dakota has ac- cumulated real” estate mortgages about equal to $900,000, to be deliver- ed to the state treasurer and the bonds issued. 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