The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 17, 1925, Page 2

PAGE TWO 7” THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE TAX DELINQUENCY REFLECTS ATTITUDE OF PEOPLE UPON MOUNTING CITY TAX COSTS | (Continued from page one) property as they did formerly, and hence let it revert to the county for unpaid taxes and assessments. The table sets up for each year, the total amount of taxes and assessments levied in dollars for that year, the total in dollars for BCH pre crave try-outs early this win- year that were delinquent in December a year later, and the} percentage of the total taxes and as: thus delinquent and unpaid. ssments that were Table No. 1. City Assessments Levies and Delinquency Total Taxes Percentage Year & Assessments Delinquent Delinquent 1916* .......... $83,266.07 $2,767.99 03.2 MUNG isin ws. DEQ, 09 10,637.01 09.5 1918 .. +. 146,251.42 6,442.34 04.4 1919 .. ». 172,747.16 10,367.09 06.0 1920}| . ++ 226,274.88 40,095.05 17.7 1921|| . .» 197,027.42 34,980.41 17.7 1922 .. .. 193,957.06 21,515.16 10,9 MUED Boiscce ces 6 cs 224,771.10 30,065.35 13.4 *No paving assessment in this year. { \|Big property owners contesting their taxes in the courts for these years. If we take 1916, 1918, 1919, 1922 and 1923 as typical years free from delinquency due to litigation, we can get a clear idea of the growth in non-taxpaying property or delin- quency. Here is food for reflection and let the taxpayer make his own deductions. Delinquencies in Taxes for City Purposes Alone In an effort to analyze the cause for the growth of this delinquency we have constructed Tables Table No. 2 covers in dollars the tax: solely and does not include ass ments. es levied for city purposes ments for public improve- Table No. 2. Tax Levies for City Purposes Alone Percentage Year Total Amount Delinquent Delinquent 1916 ........... 52,101.39 1,172.17 02.2 MOT sss es s.s. 67,168.72 6,054.71 09.0 1918 71,403.68 1,720.83 02.4 1919 89,197.86 2,910.43 1920 --+. 116,306.00 22,382.83 7-7 «e+. 92,599.00 18,675.58 T9222 .......... 92,555.00 9,509.49 HOLBY earns oils -+. 121,906.00 11,208.27 09.2 If we compare the normal years of Table No. 2 with the normal years of Table No. 1 we discover that the percent- age increases in delinquencies of one year over the other prac- tically coincide. 1923 has increased about 400 per cent, or quadrupled. To construct and present tables for each public improve- ment like sewers, sidewalks, etc., would result in the sub- mission of an interminable mass of figures. For that reason, Table No. 3 deals only with the assessments levied each year for pavements, and is used because it is typical. Table No. 3. Assessments for Pavements Alone Total Percentage Year Assessments Delinquent Delinquent 1916 ........... No Paving Assessment HOM] 32..--,... 8,878.42 535.55 06.4 WOIS) 5.6.3... 42,283.41 1,143.90 02.7 1919 Ba 52,018.93, 4,101.66 07.9 1920|| ... 83,662.68 12,399.84 14.8 1921|| ... 77,182.42 10,692.38 1 1922 ..:. 75,140.72 7,405.80 09. 1923 . 71,213.06 12,098.11 16.9 \|Taxes involved in litigations. Now taking 1918, 1919, 1922 and 1923 as normal years free from the influences of litigation we discover that delin- quency jumped in 1919 nearly 300 per cent over 1918, that 1922 went nearly four times higher and that 1923 delin- quencies over seven times that in 1917. Comparing Table No. 3 with Tables No. 1 and 2, the conclusion is inevitable that public improvements were made in portions of the city the pEaperly of which could not stand the burden, and that hence the property owners have thrown up their hands and let it go for taxes and assessments. But, what has that fact to do with the taxpayer who pays his taxes? It has a great deal to do with him, because a rising tax delinquency makes the taxpaying property owner the goat. This is very easy to prove. Taxpaying Property Owner the Goat Government can only subsist on taxes. If none are paid there is no government, and the less the amount of taxes paid the less the government. But, people want good government, proper police protection, a good fire depart- ment and so forth. That must be paid for, and it is paid not by property which cannot pay the cost but by property which can do so. To drive home our contention that the taxpayer is the goat let us illustrate further. The people of Bismarck want a city government which on a hundred per cent efficiency basis will cost $100,000.00. If this sum were to be spread on all property in a city all of which could pay its,fair and equitable share, we should receive precisely $100,000.00. But, suppose 20 per cent of the property does not pay any tax to support the government, we then receive not $100,000.00 but only $80,000.00. Hence, we must do one of two things, we must reduce our idea of the service de- sired to come within our purse of $80,000.00 or we must increase our ratio of taxation from 100 per cent to 125 per cent so that we can receive the $100,000.00 from the pro- perty which does pay the taxes. This is not an hypothetical case. It is done in neafly every city in the country, the ‘public officers of which understand the “game” of taxation. The taxpaying property owner is the goat. Now how to get from under this burden is a natural question. The only way is to produce a situation as will as nearly possible make every piece of property pay its fair and just proportion of the cost of government. The only way this can be done in Bismarck is to reduce the cost of the city government through greater efficiency and greater economy. We have the public improvements; | these must be paid for otherwise the holder of the improve- ‘ment warrants will take the property. So there is no way to effect a reduction in this burden. But, a reduction can “be effected in the cost of running the city; it is the only “avenue open for all others are closed. By reducing the cost of the city government without decreasing its service, we can reduce the total tax and assessment burden by that much, and by that much we are making it more profitable | to hold property now paying ng taxes and so secure the pay- | ment of the taxes thereon. Many a man has regretted that he was not more studious in his childhood.’ The study of a | lot of tax statistics and government problems is very dry | and somewhat unexciting, but the person who will not do | go should not be heard to complain when he is confronted with a big bill at taxpaying time. If we want good govern- ‘ment we must know when we are not getting it and more- er, we must act on that knowledge when the time comes. It is up to you Mr. Taxpayer and you, Mr. Citizen for you too pay taxes indirectly, if not directly to the tax-collector. eating dinner had been suffering 17.—“A| from pneumonia for several days, * PNEUMONIA PUZZLE Grimsby, Eng. March 17 son may have pneumonia and not Bement gemrotemten mar here a 2 and 3 below. j In other words, delinquency since 1916 to |aw TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1925 soe § : + | nm in an address before the Monad SEX DEBATES ARE STATE BOARD | ; Booster club of Fargo and A. B. SCHEDULED FOR} MEMBERS GOON || MAND. Smith,” passenger traffic manager | + \ will deliver the address at James- | JAMESTOWN! INSPECTION TRIP town on the same evening. The or | es HAS NARROW ESCAPE Monad Booster club is an organiza- | $ | Jamestown, N. D., Mar. 17.—Six Members of the state board of ad-| Frank Rothschiller, agent for the|tion composed of Northern Pacif.c | debates are scheduled in March and| ministration have left on an inspec-|Mandan Creamery & Produce com-|employes. The Fargo meeting will | April for both men’s and women’s|tion trip to the Mayville Normal,|pany, probably will leave the Man-|be in the American Legion hall. a oO a debating teams of Jamestown col-| Ellendale Industrial School and|dan hospital today, He will not have “I have not been informed as to} i, lege. The tefms were picked by|School for the Feeble-Minded at|recovered however, from the daze|the exact nature of the announce- Grafton, and will visit other institu- |and wonder, as to how he escaped | ment,” said Mr. Challoner today, “ex- ‘i tions in’ the eastern part of the state {death when ‘the automobile he was | cept that Mr, Byerly writes that he | Real bodily warmth comes from eating the The men's teams are to debate on|en route. driving was struck by N. P. coast! and Mr, Smith will explain develop- | HT ‘ood: I the (Gentiva, “Resolved: cmRat CES! SE ae oes Limited No. 1, at Gladstone Friday | ment plans which will be especially right kind of foods, not from overcoats and |ital Punishment should be abolished jafternoon, His injuries, physicians | interesting to North Dakotans.” flannels. Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits jthroughout the United States.” The) STUTSMAN PLANS. found, when he was brought here to | —_______ . with hot milk make | aifirmative teams, composed of. the hospital Saturday, consisted of aj fe |Howard Stone, Levi Larson, and Au- FOR CO. FAIR minor gash on the inside of his lett | CROSSES STREAM a warm, eeeiiis 4 gust Orr, will debate the Aberdeen a leg near the knee. According to the WI ing meal that ma! Northern Normal and Industrial) Jamestown, N. D., March 17. (Story told by Rotschiller he failed to | TH AID OF \ s fit f he d School of Aberdeen, South Dakota,| Stutshhan County will have the big-/See the approaching train until al- | MAIL PULLEYS) you fit for the day’s {here on March 24 and Huron. College, | gest and best fair ever held in this Hi li Hh aul alla ce work. Contains all there, on April 7. e negative team,| part of the state during the first {fine hit the car, threw i eet UWP} = Marmarth, N. D., Mareh 17. ik} B ildi [ ‘composed of Vinton Burt, Carl Rau- week “at Ju pat TEneRlew: the the track and then again struck it, Becker of Bavee: Sue ais bee Hall - the body - building | jgust and Robert Kroeze, will debate | dates having been set for July-%, 2,|this time hurling the passenger to|the south country last week buying | - elements in the Aberdeen there March 24, and the South Dakota State College at Brookings on March 25. Another team, William McPherson, Byron Olson and Edwjn Armstrong will de- ate either side of the same ques- on at the provincial convention of the Pi Kappa Delta at the Dakota Wesleyan University at Mitchell, South Dakota, later. The women’s forensic team ques- tion is, “Resolved, that Congress should be empowered to overrule by a two-thirds vote, decisions of the Supreme Court declaring Congress- ional acts unconstitutional.” Their teams meet in a dual debate with the University of North Dakota April 15. The affirmative will be upheld by Emily Hendrie, Hazél Shroeder and Mable Rasmussen at Jamestown and the negative upheld by Doris Curry, Josephine Wilson and Louise Buck at Grand Forks, On April 17 the affirmative team will meet Macales- ter College here on the samé ques- tion. Vernon Caine, Arthur Dahlquist and Charlotte Bittner were also pick- ed in the try-outs to be on the teams. SAIMAN SAYS $100,000 WAS PROMISED HIM (Continued from page one) McClintock's death when, Saiman id, Shepherd said he was going for a short rest to return soon. iman’s statement did !no® in- criminate Shepherd in the actual matter of administering the germs, but said the school had coached Shepherd along that line, informing him that Bacilli best could be given in cold water, Saiman’s statement as announced by the states attorney said Shepherd kept alive the germs in three test tubes he received originally for four or five months, transferring them twice. -———-— | Weather Report | -—__~______-__-__« For 24 hours ending at noon: Precipitation ... . Highest wind velocity .. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Part- ly overcast tonight and Wednesday; colder tonight. For North Dakota: Partly over- cast tonight and Wednesday; colder tonight. WEATHER CONDITIONS Temperatures have risen some- what from the Great Lakes region southwestward to the southern Roc- ky Mountain and Plateau region, due to low pressure over those sections. High pressure, accompanied by slightly colder weather, prevails from Saskatchewan southwestward to the Pacific coast. The weather is unsettled from the upper Missis- sippi Valley westward to the north Pacific coast and precipitation oc- curred over the northern Rocky Mountain region and north Pacific coast states. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in charge. SUMMONS STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, of Burleigh. ct Court, Fourth Judicial a nationa! banking association, Isaac P, Baker, agent of said Bismarck Na- tional Bank in liquidation, Fred W. Smith, Justus Bragg, Caroline M. Bragg, David B. Smith, Katherine E. Smith, K. E. Smith, Vincent Moses, Fairchild, William S. Kenny, William S. Kenney, George W. Sweet, J. W. Watson, W. B. Watson, and Erastus A, Williams, Defendants. The State of North Dakota to the Above Named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to an- swer the complaint in this action, on file in the office of the clerk of the district court in and for the county of Burleigh aforesaid, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the subscriber within thirty days after the service of this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota, this 13th day of January, 1925. BENTON BAKER, Attorney for Plaintiff, Office and postoffice addre: Bismarck Bank Building, Bismarck, North Dakota. To the defendants above nami You are further notified that the relief sought in this action ‘consists wholly in exciuding the defendants from any interest in or lien upon the following described real estate situated in the ‘county of Burleigh and staté of North Dakota, to- 3 Lots Fifteen (15) to Twent; ur (24) inclusive, e d BENTON BAKER, Attorney for the Plaintif¢. 2-10-17-24—8-3-10-17 Temperature at 7 a. m, 24] Chicago, March 17.—(U. S. Dept. Highest yesterday 8 | Agr.)—Hog receipts 15,000. Very ac- Lowest yesterday . 2) tive. 25 to 35 cents higher. Top Lowest last night . A $14.50. Cattle receipts 10,000. Fed 6 Charles Kupitz, Plaintiff, vs. Per-|No. 1 flax . cival S. Dudle: S, Dudley, Frank|No. 2 flax . V. Barnes, Bismarck National Bank,|No. 1 rye .. William M. Mead, George S. Grimes,|Barley ........ +. 65 G. S. Grimes, Josephus Todd, H. N.|Speltz, per cwt. Porter, G. H: Fairchild, Grace Fair- SHELL CORN child, Grace ‘A. Fairchild, James T. Yellow White & 3 and 4 with Satyrday July 4, the biggest day of the fair. Everybody in Stutsman County is expected at the fair on Independence Day. The Fair Association already have the preliminaries will under way and President G. A. Ottinger, has an- nounced his corps of superintendents and assistants, The personnel has been refully selected, with every- one a worker, Wire Markets By Associated ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK So. St. Paul, March 17.—(U, S. Dept. Agr.)—Cattle receipts ‘ 2,800. Very slow. Little done early. Op- ening weak to 26 cents lower. Fat she-stock showing most decline. Kill- ing quality plain. Few: steers up- wawds to $9.00; bulk $7.75 to $8.50. Most fat cows $4.50 to $5.75, Heifers $5.50 to $7.25. Canners and cutters largely $2.75 to $3.50. Bologna bulls weak to unevenly lower. Bulk $4.00 to $4%0. Stockers and feeders slow, about steady. Bulk $5.50 to $7.00. Calves receipts 4,200. 26 to 50 cents lower. Quality considered $10.50 to $11.00. Bulk to packers $10.75. Hog receipts 14,500. 25 to 35 cents higher. 180 to 300 pound averages $13.75 to $14.00. Some held higher. 140 to 180 und hogs $13.25 to $13.75. Packing sows $12.50 to $12.- 75. Bulk pigs $12.00, Average cost Monday $13.41. Weight 202, Today’s hog market highest since October 18, 1920, when top here was $14.50. Sheep receipts 200. Nominally weak to 25 cents lower on fat lambs. No choice fed westerns here. Good natives around $10.50. Sheep steady. Fat ewes $8.50 to $10.00. MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR Minneapolis, March 17.—Flour un- changed to 30 cents lower. In car: load lots family patents’ quoted at $8.65 to $8.95 a barrel in 98-pound cotton sacks. Shipments 32,029, Bran $23.00 to $23.50. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK steers and yearlings steady to 25 cents lower. Better grades weighty steers showing decline. Sheep receipts 18000, Extremely dull, Bids on fat lambs 25 to 50 cents lower. Choice handyweight bids up to $16.75. MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN Minneapolis, Mar. 17.—Wheat re- ceipts 73 cars compared with 219 cars a year ago. 4, Cash No. 1 northern $1.43 to $1.45 %; No, 1 dark northern spring; choice to fancy, $1.60% to $1.71 good to choice, $1.48% to $1. ordinary to good, $1.44% to $1.47 jNo. 1 hard spring $1.71% to $1 4; No. 1 dark Montana on track $1.41% to $1.55; to arrive $1.41 $1.55%; May $1.44%; July $1.44) Corn No. 3 yellow $1.02 to $ oats No. 3 white 37%e¢ to barley G5e to 81c; rye No. 2 $1. $1.06; flax No. 1 $2.75 to $2.77. © BISMARCK GRAIN (Farnished by Russell-Miller Co.) Bismarck, Mar. 17, 1925. No. 1 dark northern . No, 1 northern spring No. 1 amber durum No. 1 mixed durum . o. 1 red durum . + $1.31 1.25 Dark Hard W Hard Winter Oats: sey... a 29 We quote but do not handle the following: Mixed + 72 . 59 + 51 1 cent per pound discount under 55 1b. Ear corn 6 cents under shell. Sample grade . +. Al READ TRIBUNE WANT ADDS =—SSSSSSSS—_ ALL WORN OUT So Was Mr. Péarce Who Tells His Experience, Are you tired all the time; worn- out night and day? Does your baca ache as if it would break? Do you suffer dizziness, headaches, rhuu- matic twinges or distressing urinary disorders? You have good cause, then, to be alarmed about your kid- neys. Do as many of your townfolk recommend. Us Doan’s Pills—a atimulant , diuretic to the kidneys. This Bismarck case is convincing? Chas. L, Pearce, farmer, 320. Seo- ond St., ys: “I used Doan’s Pilla when suffering from disordered kid- good - results, the side of the right of way and re- The first intimation the train crew had of the collision was after the 12 miles west of here and car spectors found the cowl dash, radia- tor hood and pieces of fenders hang- ing on the baggage coach. ‘The train was held 30 minutes at Dickinson | while the coach was repaired. F, A. Speck and Edgar Tatum were | in the county jail awaiting hear- | ing, prob: for operating a common n The two men| came to the city two or more months ago and recently opened up a wide-open gambling house rd- ing to the charges of State’s Attor- ney C. F. Kelsch, Saturday night the state’s attorney j and city police raided the four room “joint” on the second floor of the old Merchants National Bank build- ing and took Tatum and Speck in custody, booking about a dozen men who were in the place as witnesses. A large round poker table, cards and a big supply of chips were con- fiscated. The place had been doing a flour- ishing business for ‘the last two z to the county offi- | Maintaining a common nuis- ance is punishable by a fine of from $25 to $1000 or a year in the penitentiary or both, and it is under this charge that the men are held. CONSIDER LEGION HALL The question of making a $1.00 as- sessment on all members of Gilbert . Furness Post No.* 40, American Legion, for the purpose of paying the rental and costs of a special meeting place for 1925 will be the chief matter of business up before the organization at a session called for 7:45 o'clock sharp Wednesday evening at the K. P. hall, N. P. PLANS FOR BOOSTING N. D. Jamestown, N. D., March 17.— Special plans which the Northern Pacifie railway has in mind for aid- ing in the development of North Da- kota, will be announced in Fargo and Jamestown Wednesday of this week, it is reported by L. R. Chal- loner, local agent. H. W. Byerly, general immigration agent, will make the announcement LOOK OUT FOR SELF POISONING Neglect of the liver results in self poisoning! Not so quickly, perhaps, ‘but just as suxely as if you drank poison out of a bottle. If your liver is not doing its work of helping digestion, eliminating waste from the bowels and puri- fying the blood, you will always be troubled with sick headaches, nau- sea, ‘biliousness, bad breath, gas, sour sto: or constipation. Cleanse and tone your liver! Put your system in condition so you feel your very best again! Try just a spoonful of Dr. H. S. Thach- er’s excellent Liver and Bloo:! Syrup after the next few meals and notice the quick improvement in the way -you eat, sleep, look and feel—the return’of strength, vigor and energy. You will be com- pletely satisfied; otherwise ther will tbe no cost. Dr, Thacher Liver and Blood Syrup is sold and recommended ‘by Finney’s Drug Store and all other leacing drug- gists. Goon ror tITLE TUMMIES Life Savers are the ideal candy for young- sters whose tummies are so easily upset by richer sweets. Take a few rolls home for that expec- tant moment when “Daddy, did you . bring me anything?” _ Safe for little teeth, too. No sticky debris to cause tooth decay. It.is much better to give children the right kind of candy regu- ae larly. Six flavors displayed at all good stores so yor at time I was so. lame, I could stoop down to get a bucket I knew my ‘kidneys re- quired ‘attention, so got a box of Doan’s at Cowan’s Drug: Store and used. them until my trouble d peared. Whenever I have Some expert has figured out that|Doan’s since, they have always there are 635,013,539,600 different | br ht the same good results. mayhelp yourself, 2% ducing the machine to bits. | train stopped in the Dickinson yards | | has some little feller says: T lambs for next fall's delivery, found himself up against a serious obstacle when it came to crossing the Box EL ‘der, and he navigated this flooded ream by means of riding the mail sack pulleys which run on the tem- porary cable erected by Al S mail contractor. With high water making it impos- sible to ford the Box Elder, Al. se- cured a steel cable which he anchored to a dead man on either bank and he been sending the mail across | by means of rider pulleys and a rope One day recently when Al found it necessary to make the crossing by method, the thingumbob came and let down on some honey- comb ice, which crested cight or ten fect of turbulent water, are and deligence he managed to it from one bit of solid ice to another until he found himself safely This experi- ence did not feaze Bec however, as he was on the other side and want- ed to come across and he did, Next year it is possible that a new stccl bridge will span this stream. SORLIE PRESIDES AT GATHERIN Grand Forks, N. D., Mar. 17.—Gov- ernor A. G. Sorlie, past senior coun- cillor of Grand Forks council N 64 of the United Commercial ‘Trav- | elers, installed the newly elected s of the lodge at their an- meeting Saturday night. Fol- lowing the business mecting Gover- nor Sorlie spoke on the subject of “Salesmanship.” A canary that sings and then re- plies ventriloquilly, as if. the notes Shredded Wheat came from far away, is owned by a New Zealand man. MOTHER! “California Fig Syrup” Dependable Laxative for Sick Baby or Child Hurry Mother! Even constipated, bilious, feverish, or sick, colic babi and Children love to take genuine “California Fig Syrup.” No other laxative regulates the tender little bowels so nicely. It sweetens the stomach and starts the liver and bowels without griping. Contains no narcotics or soothing drugs. Sa” “California” to your druggist and avoid counterfeits. Insist upon gen- uine “California Fig Syrup” which contains directions.—Adv. FOR INSURANCE A can crush your home Get windstorm insurance to- day from i. T. Murphy | and be sure. ; whirling windstorm like an eggshell! "CALL je e,: ro LSS Who Knows Insurance whole wheat, also the bran for stimu- lating regular bowel movement. Deli- cious with sliced bananas, prunes or stewed fruits. “It's All in the Shreds” TWO THINGS NOBODY KNOWS —wWhat sort of weather North Dakota will have this year. | —What the price of any particular farm crop | will be 8, 10, or 12 months from now. i Wise farmers therefore, plan to raise a va- riety of crops in 1925, so that in case the profits from one crop should be knocked out | : by poor weather or poor prices, they’d have is other crops to fall back 6n.—We’ll be glad | |! to talk over plans for diversification with t you, if MT ae 44 GO ie ert aoe Of Y NATIONAL GANK | BISMARCK, NO. DAKOTA P. C. Remington, President. { ——— BUSINESS IS GOOD We wrote more orders for automo- biles last week than any other week in our business history. This is sure- ly ample proof of the popularity of the Chevrolet, Maxwell and Chrysler. We are going to be very short of cars for spring delivery. ; Corwin Motor Co.