The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Sun- day; not much change. ESTABLISHED 1873 NYE QUESTI ~~ INCREASE IN LAND VALUES | IS PREDICTED Assumption Is Made After a Review of Price Trends in Other States IN TRANSITION STAGE Diversified Farming Always Boosts Land Prices, In- vestigation Shows (A graph, showing rapla ie appears rd iaewe of The Tribune) An immense increase in’ land val- ues in North Dakota is predicted by the Greater North Dakota Associa- tion in a statement today Mehdi | agricultural history and farm lan price trend in older agricultural states. This study reveals that: Value of land for exclusive small grain production is limited. Land values do not exceed $50 an acre while small grain production is the maior enterprise. Value of land for diversified farm- ing almost unlimited. id vi ues increase by leaps and bounds when mixed farming becomes the common practice. North Dakota agriculture today is in the transition stage from exclu- sive small grain farming to mixed farming. North Dakota land values therefore are due for an increase. inois Prices Reviewed An examination of the United States census records shows that in 1850 Illinois farm land was valued at an average of $8 an acre, $20: in 1860, $28 in 1870, $32 in 1880 and $41 in 1890. About this time, great re- ductions ptsaeg | in the wheat acre- age, and mixed farming became the vogue. The result was that the price of jland practically doubled ‘during each of tae last two decades. In 1900 the average price was $64 per acre, in 1910 exactly double that afhount $108, and the last census figures available, 1920, showed an average value of $188 per: . Towa, in Same. Path Towa farm prices show a similar trend, although the inercases are | even more striking. Agricultural de- velopment of the state started about! ten years later than in Mlinois. Inj 1860 the census “bureau placed the value of Towa ‘land at $12 per acre, und by. 1900-the- average value-had. increased to $43. The same change then took place as oceurred- in I}li- and the increases in land value’ re amazing. In 1910 the value was; set at $96 per acre, and in 1920 at $227. North Nekota’s Trend North hat in ois and Iowa, In 1880 the offi- records showed that North Dj 11 $B per acre, in 1900, $29 in 191 in . These values tally very closely with those for the first In Dakota ative position as Illinois did in 1890 and Iowa in 1900, In those states the enormous increases jn land vi ues occurred imme ly. afterwai Every indication is that the agricul tural history of these states will be repeated in North ta, and that during the next decade or two, land Values will double or quadruple. That a great change is occurring in farming practices in this state was pointed out in two previous state- ments issued a short time ago hy the mony is shared, by a greater value than the average value of the wheat for the past five years. Opportunities Offered Farming conditions are quite sim- ilar in Illinois, Iowa and North Da- kota. Advantages of this state far exceed any of its disadvantages. shear alatenge to Feige and a slightly longer growing season are advantages Possessed by states.in the so-calle ‘corn belt.” However, North Dakota has just the right amount of rainfall occurring at just the right time in the year for opti- mum moisture conditions. expensive sub-surface drainage nor more expensive irrigation is neces- sary. North Dakota has ‘more hours of sunshine during tl rowii son. North Dakota has more :| Capty Maulding, Now Work- fom Neither | ri Defies Father and Orders of Her Church to Become Berlin’s Bride New York, Jan. 9.--*Don’t call. me Ellin’ Mackay any more—remembér I'm Mrs. Itying, Berlin: now.” ‘This’ was the first utterances from the daughter of Clarence Mackay after her marriage. Thus the Lucy Stone League 1o: Q prospect who as evéry qualification for member- ship’ except that she just will be ‘known as Mrs.iinstead of Miss. The blonde and quite lovely dangh: ter of Clarence Mackay has exhibited dangerous tendencies of late of hav- ing a.mind of her own. NOONE KNOWS WHAT MISSOURI WILL DO NEXT ing Here, Has Seen River ~Chapge Course Often er 40 i watching its quirks and antics, Captgin W. I. Maulding of Ft.\Pierre, ia convinced of one thing. That is the fact that po one knows what the river will do next.’ Bing. he"began work with the gov- ernmént, engineers on the river at Kansas City when he was a boy of 13, jaulding has seen the, river take thovaands of acres from. one spot Yt and deposit them farther down stream. witness at law suits over land washed up by the river and piloted boats from its mouth t urce. Just now he is blasting and rocks from its bed in initg of Bismarck. _ Only in upper reaches does the rex have a permanént bark, Cap- tain Maulding said: There it flows between high banks ari provides scenery which he claims vivuls that of any other section of the country. Maulding was a member of a sur- ears on the Missouri lj vey party which charted the uprer other advantages for tl be pointed out. opportuni: Dakota today investor in fa e history of land values these ot je3. A similar study of farm } accompanied by a in .the new Mashineten Jee Trae Abolition, road labor board and een instead of a federal board for in @ bye W today | Fi part of the river in the ecrly nine- ti Several years uzo he visited it again and noticed only two changes, but with most of. its course the riv- different tule. tation Is dusiified , Noted throughout the country’ as a trieky, treacherous str2am, the Miss- ourt diaatly, desecyves its reputation, Maulding; said. H. fa apid cur- E banks because of. the fine’ sand. whica underlies the soil along its banks. . When it comes in contact with water this sand melts like Lyn Maulding said. The top ils into the “stream and. is ay to.hs tirown up sdéme- where else as the river's fancy dic- tates. ‘ ¥, Plans to improve the river by es- tablishing a permanent channel arc considered hopelews by those. familiar ing said, He joined with Captain I. Baker, vet- eran rivérman, in a deciaration’ that all the anoney in the United States tréaaury.’wouldn’t pay the ' cost constructing » permanent, navigation is ‘the source of the Miss- , to ita: mouth. ‘ oretattdinn cites Sibley. Island below Sh k as an example of the anges: by the stream, When eal; gears ago it was ba he’ has. insisted on being herself. | | 1 ! mediately ‘after their wedding. She has bi as modern as the most; . She has ed her father, the orders of her church, and the feeling of society in general. But when she took the subway with! Irving Berlin.and got off at the Mu- ieipa ngs whe was just the typ* ical blushi if bride. Clings to Berlin. clinging to the arm of her pe and calling him “dar ” just as the most shy and em- of maidens do, inued on page three.) ras: (Cont TODAY IN WASHINGTON Vote on Nye ense in prospects in senate. vos amendments to Attorney General _ Sargent again testifies in Aluminum in- quiry. HONEYMOONERS GO ABROAD ON THE LEVIATHAN The Berlins and ‘the Selwyns ‘Paid $5,000 Each for Presidential Suites New York, Jan. 9.—(@)—The two presidential suites of the Leviathan were engaged by Broadway’s best known honeymooners for a_ trans- Atlantic voyage starting today. Irving Berlin, whose romantic mar- riage to the former Ellin Mackay took place Monday, and Edgar Sel- wyn, producer who was married to Ruth Wilcox, actress, Tuesday, paid $5,000 each for accommodation on the Queen of the Seas: ‘ust after midnight Mr. and Mrs. Berlin slipped aboard the Leviathan and went into seclusion. They are now under the protecting wing of; Robert Sweetlove, steward of the presidential’ suites, who thinks his name highly appropriate. | The Berlins were hopeful that when the Leviathan slipped from her dock at 1 p. . the intense light of publicity, which had followed them, would fade. ‘ Another passenger booked on the Leviathan was Ray Goetz, broth- er of Mr. Berlin's first wife, Dorothy | G in whose memory he compos- ed “When I Lost You” shortly after her death on their honeymoon in 1913, Creditors of \ . ther. also expressed opposition Noonan Bank to. | 2", pian ae the Internaticeal Hore Get Dividends Checks ‘for of] bilities of thee r cent of the Jia- rmers State Bank being é out to e atate bai isbursements are igh the office of J. ict manager for the r of Noonan. were ri ra. today. ° receiver's office. Deing made tl P. Reeve, di jturned a searchlight om the’ ills of, ! tion |fied, and no refegence was made to re~ i t. Borli: sath inquir-| Charlestor jes coneezaing tiahGuld he uddresoed nn I$ REACHED ON FARM PROBLEM Administration and, Farm Bloc Are in Accord on Methods to Be Used JARDINE ENDORSES BILL Conference Between Jardine and Dickinson Makes Out- look Clearer, the announcement from Washington that the administration and the farm bloc were in agreement as to the! most advisable means of tackiing; the farm surplus problem, As three midwestern conferences the tillers of the soil and mapped out programs for farming betterment,| Washington advices spoke o: clear-| er outlook of agricdlture legislation of conferences between Jardine and Representative son of Jowa, a farm bloc leader, Secretary Jardine endorsed a_ ima: Secretary, Up. Debris was scattered ov. provisions through cooperative aaso- ciations, while the Towa representa- tive said he felt sure the bill could be amended to meet the Secretary's | views without impairing its effec- tiveness, \ jority of the proposals in Mr. Dick- | a inson’s house bill for the disposal of exportable surplases of grain and‘ | | | PEAK—PARIS THOUGHT SAFE Property Damage Enormous | —Bridges Wrecked and: | Factories Destroyed News From Grain Pits Favorable Additional favorable news was re- corded in the ‘principal grain trading pits, July and September corn clos- ing well above 90 cents yesterday, in a, bulge following speculative buying incident to the offer of an implement corcern to trade merchandise to farmers on the basis of $1 corn. Wheat and oats followed the lead of corn in climbing higher. Scine, ahead of all expectations, sud- Iowa’s committee of fifty, meeting denly began to recede during the in Des Moines, has called a confer- jn: ence of ten corn belt states for late this month to harmonize the demand: to congress for farm relief legisla concentrating on a plan for a/y Paris, Jan. 9.-(P)—The _ river The Marne also is receding and the process is expected to continue until jonight when the increased flood ters of the tributaries of the two federal export corporation to dis- sare due to reach them. pose of surplus crops. lux is causing no alarm. 0! R tatives. of ay it probably will remain in al industry voted tionary situation for 48 hours, the state whi the Seine should hegin fatto? agriculture on a Thus far and industry mu jive system.” the to flood has not done Paris itself, owing taken, but throughout If a billion the corn situation, was in pro; at Morris, IIL, today. Some Reservations Made The Washington News stated that Seerétary Jardine’s endorsement of! wreeke the Dickinson bill was qualified without and, fact “ several reservations as to of its! flooda have covered the provisions, These were not speci-! tor wheut. In Belin 10001, 000. ) Me 3 washe royed, The fields of win- he floods gradually are been the equalization fee proposed by the bill to be levied upon producers to meet possible losses in the marketing of a surplus. No response came from the White House as to the adm tration’s views on the equalization proposal, Mr. Jardine asserted he had “con- sistently favored estab! such a farm-contro! proposed in the Dic! \that he had “likewise been outspoken both in statements and in his an- nual report in favor of utilizing ex- isting cooperative machinery and in extending it for dealing with the anEgs problems.” ice have heen} told to’ fireon looters, who have been | using boats and rafts after dark to ransack flooded ty NEGOTIATIONS ARE AMATTER Hie ese scr bends aah Sota OF ENDURANCE preter ayant coe ie -|Neither Miners Nor Opera- tors Will Take a Stand To- that under the bill the government ORTH DAKOTA, ‘SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1926 - QN MAY REACH VOTE LATE would not engage in private busi- ness, would only appropriate money for salaries and expenses of a gov- erning board and that no elements of price fixing were involved. Many Invited bis! Des Moines Meet- ing Governors, senators, representa- tives and leaders of financial, com- mercial, and rag organization: Nebraska, North and South Datota;|it {8 understood, unless Alvan Sta Ohio and Wisconsin will be invited K!e, chairman of the joint conference, to the Des Moines conference, which | t#kes it upon himself to suggest a re- probably will be held between the| ess until Monday. 22nd and 28th of January. In reso-| No-specific subject is now before Tations ‘adopted at yesterday's pre-| the conference except the general one liminary conference, a wider use of|°f trying to Siar, up & cons ce The corn was urged, and every person in| discussions Hd ibeat ese “ Ve the state was asked to purchase a and desultory” and get- pound of corn sugar a month, At the Lincoln meeting, the Nebraska gov- ernor was. empowered to appoint a committee of nine to reptesent the state at the Iowa meeting. As the corn conference got under- way in Morris, it developed that few corn products were available on the shelves of local mercHants. Six thousand pounds of corn sugar have ‘been. sold there within a'week at a retail price of 5. 3-4 cents. The move to popularize the use of corn, and particularly corn sugar, has met with opposition from John » president of the Farmers‘Union, who asserted that one commodity. could not be boosted without injuring an- ference. The author has mi wards Ending Strike New York, 9. Negotiations between anthracite miners and opera- tors here appear to have beco! a matter of endurance. Neith le, it is known, will take the initi. e to end the deadlock or ‘even ask for a recess, at least at present. A session may be held to morrow, o- Ba or | Weather Report | eh Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night ... Precipitation to 7 a, m, . Highest wind saucy %, WEATHER RECAST For: Bismarck and’ vicinity erally fair tonight and Sunday; much change in temperatu: For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Sunday; not “much change in temperature. _ WEATHER CONDITIONS ‘The high pressure area still cov- ers the yorthern Rocky Mountain States while a low pressure urea is centered over northern Sagkatch wan, The weather is eenarally fair from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountain region. while mostly. cloudy weather, with some snow flurries, Pptevails from the Plains \States to the Great’ Lakes region.. Lowest temperatures gain occurred in the upper “Mississippi Valley while mild ‘weather prevailx. over the entire Northwest, Gen- not vester company to trade implements for $1 corn, calling it a “corn gam- cble.” The plan was favorably re- teived: by Governor John Hammill of Towa, a ind M, G, Thornburg, state sec- retary of agriculture. i $e THE CHARLESTON RECORD . dan, 9—M)—Fid- saon give way to in public in- r four tracks. wanted an oyster stew. So John Fudala, 33, her, loaded his pis! the table. EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK Is ENCOURAGING tically all indus fo janys a special | the states in the j today to James J. Davis, secretary of K. Jones, director . employment ser- ce, The survey gives the indus- trial, agricultural and general em- ployment prospects for 1926, received from labor, by Franc | and state States employment service and state commissioners of labor. in, tu WIFE SERVES CODFISH INSTEAD OF OYSTERS— HUSBAND KILLS HIMSELF Chicago, Jan. 9.—(P)—His wife had codfish for supper when he When the fifth section of the Twentieth Century Lim‘ted, crack flyer of the New York Central, was be- ing backed out of the Chicago depot yards the inbound sixth section, traveling at a high rate of speed at the present congress as a result Crashed into it. Three persons were injured, one probably fatally, and scores of passengers were shaken} At the rigit of this picture Dickin-jsixt: section jammed into the rear Pullman of the fifth section. ORR ns. to scare with five blank cartridges, and returned to Pressing the barrel to his head, he pulled the trigger. He fell to the floor, dead. Force of the powder, fired at close range, had driven the paper pei- let of the blank charge into his brain, ' Improvement. Noted inity of Trieste, has been! } ble for the last two weeks from | disturbances, ‘These culmin- | Jated yesterday in a sharp earth shock for twelve seconds in Tus cany. Some persons received minor hurts and the homes of peasants were damaged Inhabitants of the uffeeted districts | i fled from their home: he Shock | During was followed by another af slighter violence. ’ * Around Adelsbury, near Trieste, 1925—Industrial Activity to Be Greater in 1926 “The 1926. is neral of the U, formation union director: of the “The indicated prosperous ie year will pri nities to the wage steady employment in practi employment outlook in prac- sin North Dakota encouraging,” y covering all submitted sed on federal United condi- tion of the country during the com- je ample oppor- earners for My every kind of occupation,” Mr, Jones sa) ys. port continues: “Great improvement Concerning North Dakota, the re- was noted during 1925, and present indications are that ingustrial activity will be still further accelerated during 1926. Some e: in the rgements are to be made nite coal fields in the west- ‘ern part of the State, and the ioca- tion of a meat-packing plant in West} Fargo provides a new industry for th: is State. The demand for skilled labor will be greater than during loyment will be 19: ff 25, and full ei In 1925 bui rded for unskilled labor. ilding construction af- forded all resident craftsmen full- time employment. gram for 1926 will probably exceed that of the last year, which will as- sure steady employment to all classes of building mechanics. of public work will show an crease, Will Double Road Construction “The State highway contemplates road construction The building pro- The volume commission "ac tically double that of any previous year. This program includes 612] ,. miles of earth grading and ‘culverts, 500 miles of gravel surfacing, two large bridges over the Missouri Riv- er, located at Sanish and Williston, 4| at an estimated cost of $1,009,000. Several other bridges are also in cluded in the State highway m, veral million dollars will ‘be ex- pended on the construction of elec- transmission line: gra’ tric Be ores of A number of ci pro- connecting n- s’ throughout the State have arranged paving pro- grames for 1926 much larger than those of 1925, Farmers are very op- timistic concerning their prospects for dered away from home. find myself I always? return ry 1926.” “LOST HIS HEAD” Eastbourne, Eng.—A husband, ar- rested for desertion, said’ that since he was wounded in the war he has continually “lost his head” and wan- said. ¢ en J he CK TRIBUNE [aun] } 4 can be seen tho engine of the| ITALIANS IN | GREATFEAR OF BARTHOUAKES Some Have Been Injured and | Many Homes Damaged— H People Camp in Fields Rome, Jan. 9.—'4-—Western Ithly, |from the region around the Province {of Tuscany southward to the toe of {the boot, and across the Adriati in knocked down by tem- blors which hive followed one an- lother for ten days. ple are | g in the fields. ‘The shocks) ined the finest of the stalac-| in the famous grotto of Adels enter of the disturbance yes- | on the peninsula was in’ the of Monte Amiata, the vol- canie mountain in ‘Tuscan »ab- Apennines, which rises to a height of 5,689 feet. The nearby villages suf-) fering test were San Salvadore | and Abadia, where all the houses were | damaged. BODIES OF TWO | ARE FOUND IN | STACK OF HAY, Former Prison and Sanitar- ium Inmate Confesses | the Brutal Murder eee Forsyth, Mont., Jan. 9.—@)—The bodies of Peter Jacobi, farmer, and his niece, Miss Matheldia Latsch, were discovered in a hay stack on the Jacobi farm near here yesterday, victims, officers said, of Arthur Thomas Hesterling, 30, who told them he slew the pair on Decem- ber 29. i Hesterling, who admits he escaped ; from a sanitarium at Knoxville, | Towa, in August, 1924, said he’ came to the Jacobi ranch on December 29 TODAY AN AGREEMENT || "tHe Wreck OF THE CENTURY LIMITED __| Heaney, neVerthel | Lodge and compared this appoint- PRICE FIVE C ARGUMENTS PRESENTED IN SENATE Governor Had No Right to Fill Vacancy, Says Senator George, Democrat TECHNICALITIES URGED North Dakota Legislature Has Not Enacted Necessary Legislation, He Says Washington, Jan. 9.—@—With Prospects of a vote before the end of the day, the senate today heard more argument for and against the seating of Senator-designate Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota. Senator George, Democrat, Georgia, contended that the governor did not have the right to fill the vacancy by appointment. ir The Georgia senator declared that no senator could be admitted to the senate unless he had been elected either by the people or appointed to an unexpired term by a governor ex- pressly authorized by the state leg- islature. Most States Give Governor Right To Appoint Although the majority of the states had given their governors thi power, he declared, North Dakota’s legislature had not enacted similar legislation. “Those who accuse us of standing on technicalities will do well to re- i inds on which they Nye is admitted it bel be on a fine technicality,” he said. “We invoke the broad doctrine that the people of a state choose senators and it is not within the province of & governor to name them.” Legislature Must Act First Senator George insisted that the constitutional amendment for elec- tion of senators by direct vote of the people required that legislatures of states must take some affirmative action following its adoption, provia- ing for the filling of vacancies by the governor pending an_ election, be- fore he would have authority to make temporary appointment. He declared that while the consti- tution of North Dakota as adopted 25 years ago, before the constitu- tional amendment was ratified, did not authorize appointment by the governor of @ senator to fill a va- had it contained, ion for filling a senatorial vacaney it would not have been effective in the present case. His two re a direct authoriz: ons for taking that position he stated, that the legislature coutd not validly antici- the constitutional amendment which specifically provided how sen- ite vacancies could be filled and that the ation in question was by the stitution of the state and not by legislature as the constition- al amendment had provided. Other Senators Disagree He was interrupted’ in this line of argument by Senators Hellin, Als- bama, Wheeler, Montana, and B: ton, New Mexico, Democrats, and Frazier of North Dakota, and Norris, Nebraska, Republicans, who disa- greed. The Glass case from Alabama, Sen- ator George asserted, is a precedent under which the senate should deny a seat to Nye. The Georgia senator insisted that the people of North Dakota had ab- solutely no power to instruct the governor to fill'a vacancy in the sen- ate by appointment. The seventeenth amendment ‘to the constitution pro- hibits it, he said, and specifically declares a vacancy shall be filled by election. Only tem porary. appoint- ment can be made, he argued. Butler Appointment Cited Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, questioned the validity of state acts specifying that elections to fill va- cancies shall be held at the next general election. Senator Nealy, Democrat, West Virginia, then re- called that Senator Butler, Republi- can, Massachusetts, had been ap- pointed under such a state law to hold the seat of the late Senator ment to that of Nye. ‘and found nobody at home. He was! preparing a meal when Jacobi and | ‘is niece appeared. | Killed With An Axe He confessed shooting Jacobi and | nocking Latsch to the floor,’ Jacobi, he said, struggled to his feet, | Hesterling then ended Jacobi’s life | with an axe, he confessed, and slew; the girl in the same fashion. * \ Throwing the. hodies into a wheel- barrow, he trundled them to a hay- stack, where he covered them. They were found when relatives motored to the ranch on a visit. | Hesterling, who had remained the ranch house, ran across the fields when the visitors appeared. He) was captured by ranchers and led them to the bodies. Hesterling said he had served inj both Georgia and Louisiana prisons. Four Killed When Interurban Car | Strikes an Auto Monroe, Michy Jan, Pig oie persons were killed last night when an automobile was struck by a troit United Lines Interurban car from Cleve! DEMURRER IN HAGGART CASE TOBE ARGUED Hearing on State’s Demurrer to Company’s Answer Set for January 12 Argument on t! to the answer of laggert struction company in the case involv- ing the paving of the Re@ Trail from, Bismarck east to the state peniten- demurrer i Con- 7 |tiary, has been tentatively set for January 12 before Ju le: mend Forks, ae 7k, assistal ttorney general, ssid today. The state based its demurrer on'the allegation. that the answer ‘of Haggart company did not set facts suffi to form a defense the action, Ms Ne The case county when payer, filed ‘a suit es in a narcotic case juin, the judge orde: the-hench where he elaimed it opium. ‘impossible. to see .approaching ma- chines or they .wrar the new style ‘their ears they are b with the river ch: 'R. Baird, receiver, said. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, ay: ee The ‘sccldent: heppeecd fost. cutelee [Yeas Oe ae e. river chan- , Receiver, sai * i ‘ le accider jappen just outside | Haggart compan: Paide and the other side| “This first dividend. “to- be Official in charge.|_ NEW /DANGER IN LONDON | Newport, a village nino miles north thersead. nee oe sthe shore by a sidu| paid to creditors .of inkia Charl of it ——— London—A new traffic danger |of here. ‘The dead are Iren, Edwin Sullivan's. setion . has cut a‘ channel! and: totals A,further 70 her one better.) URT TESTS OPIUM confronts this, city. Women have] and Leoy Chenevare,14; = and 18/by the highway . , dividing’ it into | dividend: pi ‘be paid at a 9 the ipaninont of a ph Aenham, Eng.--When a con-j adopted new hat stylés which-cither] years old, pectively, Beulah | out. a coktract. signed da. It .washed! later date, Bai < ) jogtaph, they: held out for'83 minutes. boroam atarted over whether or| act as “blinders” and make it nearly | Daval, all lifing near Newpbrt. . Black; forme: was opit and Tell a’ woman xhe's, clever | net read at ten oe oe oe buh Slant enough, ‘she’ “the « No need to ey that the: far over. table” to hear, it’and # brought to , a