The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 22, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Tuesday; mo- derate temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 DRY OFFICER ISNEAR DEATH Daisy Simpson’s Caréer Doomed to Tragic End in El Paso Hospital SHOOTS SELF IN JAIL Was Arrested ona Charge of Receiving Narcotics Thru the Mails El Paso, Tex., March 22.—P)—The colorful career gt Daisy Simpson, who established a record of law e forcement unique for one of her sex, seems doomed to a tragic end in an El Paso hospital. With a self-infljeted bullet wound in‘her abdomen, the 36-year-old for- mer prohibition agent, whose meth- ods of apprehending dry law viola- tors were so drastic as to bring the censure of federal courts upon her, hovered on the verge of death today. Overcome by the shame of jail con- finement after her arrest. on aj charge of receiving narcotics through the mails, she shot herself late Sat- urday night after appeals to her for- mer associates failed to obtain her release on bond. At the time of her arrest Saturday she gave her name as B. B. Moo: of Los Angeles. She was not iuenti- fied as Daisy Simpson until yester day. Note Reveals Plan A note addressed to Bert Sinkeny of San Francisco, as “the only one 1 depended upon” indicated that the woman planned to take her life. The note, scribbled on a telegraph blank, read: “I can’t stand jail. The shame has broken my heart. Dearest, if you don’t want me, the only one I de- pended upon, I am ready to die. They don't know my name.” Although she had held law enforce ment. assignments in various parts of the country, she attracted chief at- tention as dry agent at San Franci: She frequently set traps to cate ¢ law violators and. led several jay raids.” She resigned: her ion last November. EUGENE V. DEBS. BEER, WINE, MIRAGE? ' A MISSING COMET. ‘ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [mom] oe For thirty-six years Maj. BE. A. Burke lived in Honduras, in exile. Now he is returning to his home in New Orleans at the age of 85. He fwas state treasurer of Louisiana in the date '80’s, was indicted on a charge of reis Zz cancelled s bonds to the extent of $200,000, and fled tc Honduras in 1890, Now tHe‘charges against him have been ropped, STATE RANKS SOTH IN POINT OF ROAD WORK’ But Ranks 19th in Point of Federal Aid Funds to be Received in 1926 Although North Dakota ranks thir- ty-fifth among the states in the un- ion in point of funds to be spent by ay department during the yen is nineteenth in the list of states in point of federal aid funds {0 he -yecvived duting 1926, statistics issued by the U. 8. department, of agriculture show. > North Dakota, according to rovern- ment figures, is expected to spend $5,450,000 on roads this year and will receive §2,506,152.20 from the federal government, ‘ Mlinois, with a road program of $46,200,000 in state expenditures for the year will receive only $6,674,- 248,74 as federal aid. New York, with a road program of $ will receive $6,938,224.36 federal aid. In that respect it leads every other state in the union. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1926 ICE GORGE FORMS FORMER WOMAN) txite enas|/FARGO QUINT {NEW METHOD OF WINS TTLE IN BXCITING GAME Midgets Have One Point Lead When Timer’s Gun Ends The Rattle GYMNASIUM IS PACKED Grand Forks Cagers in Third Place With Victory Over the Minot Quint audience rooting for Dickinson, the Fargo Midgets nosed out a victory in the game to determine the state high school basketball championship ing a one point lead over the Dic son quint when the timer’s gun ended the cage classic of The final score was 28 to With Fargoteading, 24 to end of the third quart staged a rally in the period which might have brought vietory had there heen a minute or two more to go. During the last quarter the Dickinson cagers added 12 points to their score, while Fargo was able to find the hoop but twice. Dickinson Scores First Dickinson was the first to score; when Maule successfully negotiated a long one on the first play. Jackson, Fargo forward, soon tied the count and then added a free throw. O'Con- nor made Fargo's total five with a basket from close in. A. Smith of ickinson scored one point after a nd Hoffman soon led two more points on two free throws, tying une score as the quarter ended, five all: Fargo tock a two-point lead carly in the second quarter when Haas was successful in two free throw Smith netted one from 750,000, | Bristol of Fargo then scored twic in succession on field goals, the sec- ond of which was fnocked back through the hoop by a Dickinson man, but the score was allowed. Dickinson added two points with free throw by Cassidy and one by A. Smith, after which Bristol of.Kargo added a point to the Midgets’ score. A field goal by V. Smith and a free throw by MeNeese ended the half, ta the seore 11 to 1 in Fargo’s favor. Scoring Heavy in Third O'Connor und Bristol the hoop from the floor soon after the start of the second half, making Haas scored a field h with a free throw by ted the count to 20.! | dded_w point with a fr i throw by nith, and later scot { {three mor unters with two free; Dickinson y Maule. | NT MODIFICATION IN MISSOURI NEA Man Proposes, but. Woman Disposes IS SUGGESTED Buckner Would Permit Each State to Define intoxi- cating Liquor MANY SPEECHES GIVEN Drys Contend Congressional | Elections Are the Best Referenda New York, March 22.—(#)—A flood | of prohibition discussion has come with spring. But unlike the balmy nature of the opening of the new season there was nothing mild in the views on the question set forth toda; as the result of a busy week-end o: speeches and statements in’ variou So Otome cities. The hopes of the wets rose a bit A MASSACRE each state to define intoxicating ; liquor. | Mr. Buckner's suggestion was mai jCol. Graham, Making Plans For 50th Observance, Wants Name Changed in an address ut Fordham Mano church. A similar solution of th enforcement problem was propose in a statement at New York by Wil- liam H. Hirst, formerly counsel for the Brewers’ association, Straw Votes Discounted The board of temperance and pub- lic morals of the Methodist Episcopal chureh, in a statement at Washing- ton, discounted results of newspaper | straw votes and asserted that the drys were ignoring them. The best referenda on prohibition, said the board, were congressional elections, which’ drys had won “with monofon: | ous regularity by overwhelming ma- |? jorities.” ie In New York, the Rev. D Epringham, national secretary of the | church temperance society, which re- | cently came out for modification of | the Volstead act, told of disguisin ' able himself and visiting “speak-eas ratte semiccertenn where liquor could be obtained in ail | ME observance of the semi-centennial parts of the country. It was this in-/55 ang 96.” sd : aie vestigation, he said, which convinced | ~ se him that prohibition was ‘an utter | corte | he anid, | 2Y Say ountry Thave made a study of this mem engagement to be the best account of the fray eo, A. Custor and his immediat mand of f anies were hilated Billings, Mont., March 22. -For half a century the Battle of Little Big ; Horn has been known as the Custer : It is time that another ven it, in the opinion of . S. Army, and author of “The of the Little Big Horn, Custer’s Las ht” who i i tional © s story of the Horn is ¢ “Prohibiti rs of th Prohibition has. fai xl writers “becatise the people of t! a never really believed in Improved Conditions Described Dr. Lee W. Beattie, for 23 ye: Ifare’ worker on the east 1 congregation at the Harlem Baptist church, New York, of immense in | on June : no massacr Graham. “On the contrary Hy {bitterly Contested combat to death be-~ aw {tween the armed representatives of j two eivilizati each of which fought judi- {after the manner of his kind. — The this Simple truth is that in this, the great- on (¢8t battle ever waged between th » men and the white, hetwee provement in conditions among the since prohibition, Calls his district have vir went In the senate ciary committee is to d week whether to hold hi raham, judge advocate, | iEarly Spring Not as Impor- prominent} really arrived. ! or This picture shows Mr, and M Grall is mayor of Lorain, 0. rector of public safety. 1 uutenant whom her husband had fired. reasons for dismissing the offic (GLEN ULLIN TON con NW hoals committee sions. ndependent offices bill remains before senate. TODAY Muscle committee. SPRING HERE, BUT FARMERS ARECAUTIOUS tant as Absence of Sud- den Cold Snaps Chicago, March (P)-The mid j dlewest hopes the calendar is right, that an eagerly awaited spring. y if the ved figures on sidered official, don to fo most of the corn belt ful suspicious eye on the sky. WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD Today's story emanating from s. William KF, Grall and their fan other day he appointed his wife Her first’ official act was to reinstate j that which determined the state high a one ito 24. , {to compete in the fin ine Mercer, in Coleharbor advanced to the finals by} {defeating Wilton, 25 to 13, after ton had won from Washburn, 82 to Glen Ullin, forwar center Glen Ullin, gu: di- a police She held that her husband's were insufficient, QUINT WINS TITLE GAME Defeats Coleharbor By One Point For The Independ- | ent Championship | i | EATS) 16 | In a game almost as exciting as hool bas Mandan § evening, and s rin that victory was won b: int margin, the Glen Ulin independent cage quint won the cen- “| North 1 indenendent cham- Washburn Saturday night pionship feated the Coleharbor in- when it RICE FIVE CENTS R SANGER HIGHWAY NO. SIX FLOODED AT WASHBURN Jam Starts Moving Shortly After Noon Today, Go- ing Out Slowly RIVER IS OPEN HERE Unless Gorge Forms at Sibley Island The Missouri river at Bismarck began rixing rapidly shortly after noon today and at 3:30 o'clock the stage showed 12.8 feet—an eight thia vis- w. foot rine since 8 o'clock y, according to O. werver, and will ock, The ith of the city will doubtedly be flooded but it is not believed that the low lands right in Bismarck will be affected, Mr. Roberts states. The water, which has been held back near Sanger by the ice gorge since yesterday, is now coming down the river so rapidly that it cannot get around the bend below Bismarck an fast as it is coming down, which ac- counts for the rapid rise. An ice jam which formed in the Missouri river near Sahger caused a sudden rise in the river from a nor- mal stage of about five feet to one of 17 feet late yesterday and flooded the entire river bottom from Sanger northward to Washburn. The river north of Sanger was between six and seven miles wide this morning, ac- ording to 0. W. Roberts of | Bis- marck, who went to Sanger early day to keep Bismarck posted on river condition: Thi lowed state high- 6, in several places today way No. as the result of the flood, and the The final score wa: ampions won the right Is by defeat- 3 aturday morn- aken the open Turtle Lake, 26 to 14 dependen er Mer game from wil- “Tn the consblation match Securt ight, Mereer won from Wilton, 24 to slowing the tournament the o s picked an all-tournament quint follows: Coleharbor, and Flinn, Wilton, Sprout, Mercer, and Grewer, » Play Phantoms ‘i Ullin team will play the} Phantoms at the state! hool gymnasium at Man-! ning, to settle all ( [of the rej.afternoon M Wallery,! Fj water over'the road was more than two feet deep near Washburn. Peo- ple traveling the highway today are forced to take a detour to Teach Washburn. The water is within a foot 0 line tracks between Sanger nd Washburn, reports state, but it is not believed that the tracks ure in danger of being flooded. The ice went out at Washburn at 4:20 a. m. yesterdav,.and the gorge began forsiing 4near “Banger during. the early afternoon. At 1 o'clock this s telephoned the city that the rted to move, and was ing out slowly. crest of the od will reach Bismarck about 6 o’clock this evening, Mr. Roberts in- dicated, but unl another gorge forms at Sibley , five mi low Bi that th ill overflow its banks here, Should a jam form south of the city, however, it is likely that the river bottoms, on the south side will information orge had throws by V. Smith and o1 Field goals by Bristol and ‘Connor modification bills. A sul ‘ore 24 to 15 as the third favors hearings, which if gi d. ;approval will start about April 10. arguments over the superiority of be, covered with water. : re lwo aggregations. Bach quint. _ The ice moved out, of the river at won one of their two engage- Bismarck at 2:30 o'clock yesterday Chicago, regarding the severity of the past winter throughout the middle west, failed to take into Other Northwest States WHY BULLY CHINA? | | i The amounts to be spent by the? | {and an advancing race, the red men had the victory, because they exhibit- e ‘highway departments of northwest BY ARTHUR BRISBANE (Copyright, 1926) jand the amounts they will receive ax Eugene V. Debs, for saying what’ federal aid follow: he thought about war, went to jail; State and stayed a jong time. Perhaps State— Expenditure that was a good idea. When you ate! Minnesota. ..§21,500,000 $2, Ling somebody in front.you don’t’ So, Dakota ... 3,350,000 want your friends pulling at your; Monta 1,350,000 cout-tanl no matter how sincere the Jo 13,584,108 4,028,631.46 friends. 'Wieconain .... 20,970,000 5,143,624.95 Mr. Debs has been pardoned and at; As listed by the federal govern- the same time deprived of his citizen-| ment, the nation’s road bill will con- ship, so that he cannot vote or run) cist of $598,590,948 to be expended by for office. state highway-departments; $118,768,- He probably couldn't be elected to’ 488.42 federal aid and $431,690, office. Victor L. Berger, of - be spent by various loca) auth waukee, is the only socialist, appar- 4 total of $1,149,055,436.42. ently, who knows how to get elected. | vas never accused of any crime el 5 ay than talking, and, after all, the ton-/ sutution ov the United States allow- GIRL AW ARDED ed that. ‘The British are wise in buryin Her Domestic Science Teach- er, a Grand Forks Girl, hatred as quickly as possible, an there are now sitting in the British _Also Included March 22.—(?)—A parliament twenty-three members that were in’ prison, as Debs was, for the‘r opposition to thé world Morris, Minn trip to-Europe for herself and her domestic science teacher was the Debs, now an old man, wi | never hurt anybody, certainly not this big prize awarded to Miss Florice Schroe- der, aged 16, a sophomore in the Mor- coverrment. its army, navy or po- ‘Jice,.all loyal to things they are. ris high. school. Announcement came from New adnmuo tuat Debs is mistaken, there is no doubt as.to his sincerity. His York city yesterday that she had won: first place in a national essay life has been spent in an earnest ef- fort to pals working men, and he should not be condemned to die, de- prived of his: citizenship. He is not contest conducted by the Royal Bak- ing Powder company. Florice’s essay, written on exper- iences ‘and experiments in her do- .a criminal. Opinions are not crimes, mestic science course at the local high school, was an argument in fav- or of baking powders made from cream of tartar. < Florice and her instructor, Miss Margaret Randall of Grand Forks, N. . will sail from New York July 7 and, after a tour of places of ihter- est on the continent, will arrive in England in time to sail for’ home uly 28, Redwood Trees Once Grew in the Missouri Valley Redwood trees similar to ¢ertain. species found in California and other. states west of North Dakota once grew in the Missouri river valley, al- though none are found there row, ac- cordin to Lewis F. Crawford, secre- tary of the State Historical societ; Mele He ak Crawford bases his opinion on \ The comet wandering too near the| finding of a large number of foasil- gun have been | by. that} ized. od cones near Cannonball. ~ light of our system, Faun, tra-| Seton may xaminapion of the speci- -veling through a at eda mens disclosed the nature, Craw- Jonce were native to this Federal Aid 111,863.44 5,714,746.27 jes, Is it necessgry or wise to continue With two million ballots cast, the prohibition poll all oyer the country shows 5 to 1 in favér of geealing prohibition, or modifying The Vol- stead act. You would say offhand, “then the Volstead act will be modified.” But’ wait until congressmen vote. Men that want beer wg wine are not much excited about it. And won’t punish congressmen for somlng it. But Ardent prohibitionists that want nobody to have light wine or beer are ip deadly earnest about it, and will punish congres¥nen that vote to change the law. : Congressmen know that, and their voting may be different from that of the two millions now contemplat- ing a pleasing tight wine and beer mirage. swe Ensore's Gomot. wt in easy ran) oe ut , tory at the University Monday, but ast 1 all night waited for. tronomers are put pearance. Disc : South ca last December, it wea thirty mil- hon miles from the sun, sixty million miles from the earth, when last seen January. ford ving. that the’ redwood PM Bagetneg he ea state, istates in addition to North Dakota, ! Toapisreer | Midgets then took time out. fers, af first degree n’s rally started in the last! quarter when } cored two points on a nice 'field basket. Hoffman and! Maule soon followed with a field! goal cach, bringing Dickinson to with-| in three points of Fargo’s score, The} When play was resumed Jaekson and Bristol , tach scored a field goal for Fargo,, which ended the scoring for the Mid-! j gets. V. Smith and Maule each found | the cage from the floor, making the | score 28 to 25. With only a few sec-| jonds left to play, Hoffman scored } {another two points, and the timer’s |gun barked, ending the game with) Fargo one point in the lead. Grand Forks in Third Place | Grand Forks and Minot battled for; third place as a preliminary to the} jchampionship game, with both teams | | handicapped by the loss of valuable; | men, Jarrett, Grand Forks forward, was out with a fractured wrist wh he suffered in the game with Di inson Saturday morning, while Minot j; Was short two men+-Dragstad, cen-} ter, who was kept out with an in-! | jured ankle, and Kyle, guard, who was jcalled home by the death of his father. The Forks quint led throughout the game, although by only a few points. At the end of the first quar- ter, the score was 8 to 4. When the half closed the count was 13 to 5, and the third quarter ended, 16 to 10. The final score was 23 to 18 in Grand Forks’ favor. In the consolation games played Satur fternoon, Devile Lake had an easy time with Mandan, winning the tilt 22 to 14. The Valley City quint had still an easier time in de- feating Donnybrook, the final score being 42 to 12. RECEIPTS THIRD LARGER THAN ANY PREVIOUS MEET Mandan, N. D,, March 22.—()--In- dications that the 1927 state basket- ball tournament would be played in (Continued on page two) VALLRY CITY MAN TO HANG AT IDAHO PRISON Sentenced to Die’ on’ Gallows For Murder of Herrick, Tdaho, Rancher Wallace, Idaho, March 22—()— Lee Foyte, 22, of Valley City, N. D., today is under sentence to die onthe gallows at the Idaho state peniten- lary Boise on murder of James Mont rick, Idaho, rancher, last Decembe: the penalty: longs the. distyict Seach fury wiles Tonal Povte kulity der on. February The New York Times, in a s article today, “says that the Pacific f ! ives o eo wl 7 coast has a rum row searcely less 'Sentatives of the white me ver it be when the c aths with (Continued on page two) hands. i all Tndign warfare mutilation jof the bodies of the enemy dead as SCHALL SEAT {no torture of prisoner: |Sioux took none; general belief there Donald Hughes, Magnus Johnson, New Development nque arms j mutilation of the bodies of the slain, genet those of Reno's command who For ‘fell close to the village and were sub- Counsel jected to .ingisnities by the squaws Has and children. Minneapolis, | March 22.) plear to delay final action in the Schall-Johnson .senatorial contest | pending investigation of a new des velopment, was sent last night to|* ington by Donald Hughes, counsel for Magnus Johnson, former Farmer-| Labor senator from Minnesota. The senate elections subcommittee, | ais of which Senator Deneen is chair-j | es n Chicago Has 12 Such Fatali- port today on hearings it held te. cently to investigate charges brought | by Johnson that Senator Thonms D.; Schall of Minnesota was elected with! Others ‘Are Hurt the aid of funds from bootleggers. Gale Plagman of Minneapolis, who! Chicago, March 22.—()—A Chica- was to have been one of the witness-|&0 record for automobile deaths in es against Schall but who could not!one day—12—was established here be found while the hearings were on the first day of spring. In addi- ia, ; jtion, more. than a dozen persons were Claims Wit: Senator Charles Deneen in Wash-| was scheduled to make a t ties Yesterday—Many Mr. Hughes said he had located, jseriously injured in the Sunday acci- is Was Kidnaped Plagman was ‘arrested Saturday ini dents, which increased the Cook coun- | | Temperature at 7 a, m. . Highest yesterday . Lowest last night . ! Precipitation to 7 | Highest wind velocity Weather Forecast | For Bismarek and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tuesday; moderate tem- perature, For North Dukota: Fair tonight and Tuesaday; moderate temperature. Weather Conditiogs A low ‘pressure arca extends from Alberta southeastward to the Missis- sippi Valley while high pressure greaa are centered over the lower Great Lakes: region and over the western Rocky Mountain and Pacific sanitarium. Hughes alleges that} Fatalities for a similar period last him, kept him prisoner in-a hotel, and; it = ended. mee Plagman in connection with Senator davit came, supposedly from Plag- denied sending the alleged repudia- the senate takes final action. ens La 8) in an excellent cook, ice her marriage she. ered anes A ee ratey Minneapolis on a charge of non-sup-|ty motor death toll to 169 since Jan- port as he stepped fro#i a private uary 1. Plagman-was kidnaped by five men; year were 125. who “got him drunk,” then drugged ; — Z ee finally sent him to the sanitarium) { after the ‘committee hearings had | 4 Weather Repo Johnson's counsel had presented to the committee an. affidavit from Schall’s campaign. Before the hear- ing was over, however, another aff! man, repudiating the former one.! Hughes said toate. that Plagman had Hee. { lughes asked Senator Dencen to investigate this development before PRINCESS 18 GOOD « London.—Princess Mary (Viscount- having taken the course at one of the schools in her. girl- hood days. c & ij Iso has shown herself to be a shrewd | and southern Plains States. Unsettl- Srcainers and a keen buyer, as those4ied weather prevails over the Great |] who serve her household are well| Lakes region and in the Northwest. aware. Temperatures are moderate in all sec. Se ¥ ti I aten ta nearly twice as heavy j " ORRIS_W. ROBERTS, ai he ~" Ofticial in Charge. consideration the winter just ex- perienced in western North Da- kota and particularly in the Bis- marck territory. The winter in this v ity was the warmest on record, according to O. W. Roberts, governmeni meteorologi in charge of the weather bureau here. While rec- ords kept over a period of years show that Bis age winter has 52 nights during which the mercury drops below zero, the past winter has regis- tered only 18 such nights, One of these was in October when the mereuty touched 3 below on the 29th, one was on November 7, when the minimum was 2 below, five were in Decem nine were in January, one in February and one in March. The coldest tem- perature of the winter was 15 he- low zero, on January 28. Two nights showed 12 below, and one 10 below. The average snowfall in this section per winter is 1 inches, but during the past total snowfall has been inches. came as follows: October, i s; November, 1.5 inche: 3 January, 8.6 inches; and Febru- ary, 3.7 inches. The most snow on fhe ground at any one time during the winter was on Febru- when there were five inches now, but this was entirely gone on February 5. In almost every instance, one snowfall would completely disappear be- fore another one came, and there was no drifting whatever, The maximum temperature here Saturday was 70 above zero and yesterday the maximum was 60 above. Corn Belt Suffered The past winter was long and fair- ly severe in most of the corn belt. Late in October, long before the cold season was due, the middlewest ex- perienced its first near-zero temper- ature and snow, and from that time until the middle of March there were only occasional and brief letups. Nov- ember’s weather was especially se- lvere in a number of states and De- cember brought its usual low marks. January was milder than expected, February was more like November and December, and March roared in like the proverbial lion. The corn belt now wonders if the old lign-lamb rule will Hotd true this year, if the remaining days of March will be as mild and tame as the ewes waiting for 2 nibble of tender green grass. An early spring is not necessary to raise the enthusiasm of the aver- age farmer, What he most desires are successive days of spring weather once king winter is driven from the throne; early or late springs which sudden coldsnaps and killing the dread of the farmer. Corn Problem Th.’ seed corn problem, according tot, gricultural apthorities, is ‘the most serious confronting farmers this spring. Late rains and early (Céntinued ‘on page two) ested in the two teams have posted | a $1,000 side bet which will be used ‘| declared “I am ready now, Lentry o \t companied by a bitter northeasterly | season, both games re- ‘guments as to the fair- i , the condition of playing floor, étc. Fans inter- to pay the expenses of the winninz team to the national meet in Indiana sometime next month. AGED COUPLE DIE BUT FEW HOURS APART Arkansas Woman Passe Away at 7 a. m. Sunday— Memphis, March 22. After 52 years of happy married life together, Doctor and Mrs. R. R. James of Cotton Plant, Ark.- died in a Memphis hospital yesterday within a few hours of each other. He was 85 years old and she was 80. D: nex, known as “the wealthiest man in Woodruff county, Arkansas,” died after a gene: akdown due largely, his associates declared, to the fact he realized his wife was dy- ing from throat trouble. ‘Mrs. James died at 7 a, m. 4 James, told that his wife had died, "He suc- cumbed at 5:35 p. m. Severe Weather Marks Entry of Spring in France Paris, March 22.—(@)—The official spring into France was ac- wind and frost, which played havoc th the fruit trees which were in premature blossom. many regions, and even the so-called “Sunny Sout sited by a cold rain. . British Soldiers to Reenact Charge of Light Brigade London, ch 22 — (A) Three thousand British soldiers will reenact the charge of the light brigade at Balaklava, the battle of Agincourt and the battle of Hestings in a spec- ilitary show at Aldershot in June. Each actor in the historic panorama, to be staged at night b; e aid of powerful searchlights, 1 be clothed and armed exactly as-were the men who fought on the fields where his- [tory wus made. afternoon, with hundreds of people lining the bridge and the river banks to waich the sight. There was no perceptible rise in the river, Wren The reading at 8 a. ma, fay was 6.7 feet, and at 2:30 p was the same. At 2:40 p.-m, reading 7.2 feet, and at 4p. my had dropped to 6.4 foot. No property has been damaged in the flood north of Sanger, according to reports, with the exception of . hundreds of tons of hay which were ‘stacked on the river bottom, and which have been washed away. reported that two families are ned in their homes in that vic Ithough a warning was sent out ry possi Clyde Gr ily of Mrs. Tom Jones, who owns the inted Wood pavilion. Many deer are to be seen on the prairies according to Mr, Roberts, they having been driven out of the woods along the river b by the water. He tells of seeing 13 in one group, and six in another, Farmers in the vicinity will endeavor e that the is are not kill- INCOME TAX PAYMENTS MAY SET A RECORD More Returns and More Pay- ments This Year in State, Federal Offices ni The year 1925 is expected to set a record for income taxes collected in North Dakota, both state and federal, according to the state tax commis- sioned’s office an@ federal revenue men stationed at the local office. The number of state tax returns received to date is far in excess of the number on hand last year, State Tax Commissioner T. , Thoresen said. The influx of mail has kept a force of eight persons busy dering the last week opening i, taking out checks and sorting the returns, No attempt yet been made to check the returns as to accuracy. A penalty of $10 for late returns and interest of one per cent a month on all unpaid taxes mav be collected un- der the stute law, Thoresen said, Re- torus and payments were due March 5. Federal agents here say that both the number of returns and the amount of tox callected hy the loea) office probabiy will show an increase although accurate fon a given as Teas available. Sees