The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Fair to partly cloudy tonight and ; not much change. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BIS BIS MARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, 7 TH URSDAY, APRIL 8, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS | MILLIONS OF DOLLARS: LOSI IN CALIFORNIA F FIRE MODIFIGATION WOULD REMOVE BOOTLEGGERS| Former New York Judge Makes Statement at Sén- ate Committee Hearing WOULD / REDUCE CRIME) ‘ Hudson Maxim, Says Prohibition Is An Absolute Failure ~ Washington, April 8—U)—Oppon- of prohibition still had United Attorney Buckner of New ¥ 's their star witness today in ihe he cul Volstead act before the senate mittee corMucting a hearing on 5 modification propos: tee held an extra sas. sion last night to make up allotted time it had wets during the first three regular) meetings, hut other witnesses were put on the stand and resumption of iestimony by Mr, Buckner, who start- led the senators yesterday with his picture of an illicit business of §3,- 690,00€,000 a year based on diversion of industrial alcohol alone, went over} until to The witnesses called by the wets last_night includ ed Representative Vv of Penn vania, who is run- ator Pepper Governor Pinchot} for the Republi- | can nomination — this Alfred J. former of the court, of general ions: at k; Dr. oodward York, secretary of the bureau of AJ TALLEY & legal — medicine and legis the American Medical association, and Hudson Maxim, the inventor Wa f > Inventor. ‘ presentation of their case against | een unable to give the | senatorial | ation of} Fall From Load of Coal Proves Fatal to 10-Year-Old Boy 1 -¥ i. Rertstier, farmers of this vicinity, fell from a load of coal on which he was rid- father and struck on his He was immediately taken to the local doctor’s office but died within an hour, regaining awe ness only fort for a few minutes, CRAIG MUST SERVETERM. | IN PRISON; Appeal of Povaiie Nonparti- san League Manager For Rehearing Denied o { | i | The 1 recourse of "tay | Craig, under a two” year peni- tentiary sentence for viglution; of the state banking laws, wis ex-| hausted when the supreme court late | today denied his application for a re- | hearing in his case. The court previously had uphetd! his conviction in the La Moure coun- ty district court on a charge of {fourth degree forgery. Denial of his appeal for a re-hearing finishes the ¢ insefar as the supreme cgurt is; cerned and the next step will be! to arrest Craig i commit’ him fo; the penitentiary ig is free on! Bond ond iene tant heaed strate in the real estate business in Florida, according to information eis here. legal ’ convicted of ltevints | falsely signed the name of the cash- ier to the minutes of the hoard of d aba k int Ransom county of which he was president. His tri was held in La Moure county change of venue. A) on ay ‘ HANGED BY THE NECK. TWELVE CHILDREN—AND THEY’RE ALL GIRLS! There are twelve children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Joyce gC! sal M Fitzgerald holding her youngest baby; Vi vans 2; Eunice, 4; ; Hannah, 16; Elsie, atl 0. Lorraine, Id. a everyone (lof Mt. N 7; Josephine Lae SRR ARR RR RR nnn nnn. POLICE FIND (PRESIDENT COOLIDCE SPEAKS AT PAN MAN WHO TRIED TOSTART ANEW: Influential Citizen of Oelwein Icewa, Must Stand Trial For Murder Washington, April dent Coolidge, in the t Pan-Amer' Ghaensline rahi an Union, be held means of a | peoples of 1 Speaking hange of nations in r declared th 8. A) dressing today an Congress of assembled at the urged that the frequently as a together the} hemisphere increased inter- among the American c Presi ening of interest ‘had been “one he most important factors in bringing about a_ better tanding” of the several coun- April 8. n his home (A) to cine, 0 is back for mard He sits in the county few cells removed fr y, Who, by one ¢ Wis., IT venture the predic faded, “that asa result of n.” he ad- s Congres. ates iM complete jail here triat fort and mor a jeultural and indust ‘lLatin America, and chance gtran AMERICAN. CONGRESS OF JOURNALISTS' word to the great cause of human i particularly to the dele from other countries, Coolidge expressed the hope that visit to this country “will jal to you by reason of w learn of our general made pr s and the In referring to the ide: pur es of the Pan-A papers “im to emphasize and make me the efforts of this bring td : anitad States und the Latin < into elo TOF THE MERTING shington, April 8 (®) President merican Union} organization to | Mattson murder case | MUSSOLINI T0 CARRY ON FIGHT 0 V E R W 0 R L D Blaze Called Most Destructive Sinkler Plans to Take Mattson Case { Appeal the present Minot, N.D., April 8. (A) | to the state supreme court the tention” R. M.not, turn in of Attorney which would. justify” x new | { { “We Have Won Our Battle at Home But/Have Not Yet Left. to ri! %; Martha, 1 irl. Jorothy, PASTOR KILLS WIFE, SON, AND THEN HINSELE Firemen Kind | Bodi s When They Answer an Alarm at Church Rectory Wilkes Barre, Pa., April 8.) en at an alarm at the’ rectory of Orthodox jehurch here early found the | bodies of the Rev. Dr. ; Alexander H. and his | wife and 14 Alexander, with bullet wounds in their head: ities believe that the priest, ! recently returned from a ont ald fight | ! demonstrations Won Abroad,” He Says Rome, April 8 (P) lini, premier of Italy, assassination at the hands of a w an. is determined to fight for . principles of fascism throughout th Benito having } world. “T have chosen ‘live in dang s the slogan of me die’ avenre me." Thus Mussolini ends an addr \th uireciorate cf the : ‘party only a few hours after he had been shot through the nose vecte i by the Honorable Violent Atyina on, sister of Baron Ashmourne, hold: ‘id of an Irish peerage Premier Acclaimed Throughout the country processions ¢ formed and the escane of the r was acclaimed. Bells were smin te deums were on the premier, it is be-} will be certain to make him f an idol than ever. Despite warnings there were some! against we | more paner: The directorate of the fascist party, meetings in the Littorice Palace last night, was informed by the premier t must maintain the party in the highest state of efficiency “We have won our battle at home,” he said, the old parties have been put to route and that the old regime is destroyed. But our battle is not yet won abroad, | ‘SIX MILLION to Supreme Court’ sung. | + opposition! (A) BARRELS OF OIL BURNED |300-Acre Tank Farm of Oil -Co. in California Aban- doned to Flames LIGHTNING IS THE CAUSE in History of Califor- nia Oil Industry TWO ARE KILLED San Luis Obispo, Calif. April \—(P)—A. H. Seeber and his von, jam F..Seeber, were found dead today about 300 yards from one of the large burning oil re- servoirs of the Union Oil com- pany. The Seeber home, near the burning tank farm of the Union company south of here, was blown to ex by an explosion early tod. one of =the blazing reservoirs boiled over. Doris Seeber, a daughter of, Wil- liam F. Seeber, was slightly hurt. The elder Seeber was a civil war veteran. The Sechers were the first victims of the great fire that sprang up yesterday when light- ning struck the tank. The fire continued to burn today. Hope of saving the 300-acre tank farm was abandoned. Farms near the scene of the fire WEN being de- serted today. Company officials refused to estimate the damage already done. Unofficial estimates plac- ed the loss at over $10,000,000. San Luis Obispo, Calif., April 8. The 300-acre tank farm of the Union Oil company a mile and a half. south of here, at which was stored some six million barrels seit oil, was abandoned early today to the | fire which had threatened its destruction since yesterday morning when two underground tanks we struck by ve can truly affirm that! lightning. Four huge underground reservoi to which the blaze had been confi ed all day yesterday and last night, boiled over shortly before one o'clock this morning and flaming oil, sweep- ing over a dyke that had been thrown np, carried the fire to two other re- Pservoirs and ten surface tanks. Oth- cr surface tanks were rapidly ignit- Much Laughter e night session; like those pre- ny it, Was punctuated with Tunes: and: brisk: dahome the! former Now. York gadge Terelvad: the first prolonged demonstration of ap- LIVER FOR = BIES. of those Republics will give to their |veaders a better understandin: |the idealy and purpose tates.” If all our cit | ‘one of the men on gu jis a brother of the accu liam Greco, in of \ county motor ad, James Gr nee Before that “We represent a new: principle in ere arium, wnere he was recovering ling world We poli the. fined ne the| froma nervous breakdown, shot his Me world. | We rentesent the pure! the wite and his son, and then killed him-1 Sh) the world’s demor platoc acy ap candi he plause evoked “during the -hearin from the crowded ‘spectators*when he incd to Sennto reld, Re- Oklahoma, a dey “if you give tl id beer,- the a whoop about bad liq put beer and wine in the}; y and you remove the RY ARTHUR BRISBA (Copyright, 1926) As' you read this, Chapman will have! ged by the neck until dead,”+ ing a poliveman. punishment is out of place! ed nation. But while cap- ; ; ital punishment stands, it should be incentive of Secking the forbidden. | applied to such men as Chapman: You will remove bootles liquor; you! “His appeal for mercy before the will remove the bodtlegger; and you pas dons hoard in Connecticut was dra- will abolish the speak easy.” tic and pitiful. Denouncing the He als ed the opinion that distr ct attorney that convicted him. : 9 reduced tremendous: | he said of his hanging, “I think it i mendment were Te-| pretty rotten.” Chapman's lawyer! jsaid his client “did not have a dog's |chance.” But killing a policeman, do ing his duty « also “pretty rotten,” jand that policeman did not have a dog’s chance. thought light w { pealed. i Representative Vare supvorted a proposal by Sena- tor Edge, Repub- lican, New Jersey, to legalize the sale of beverages intoxicating The Beer Indust! The Pennayl- vania represent tive told the cotn- mittee that legali- zation of the sale of beer would re- store an industry in which — $792,- 914,00 was invest- ed and — 66,000" workers employed prior to 1920, op- en a market for farm products pine’ at $87) 520,287, thirteen years ago, and create a mat- ket for materials ‘ostimated at $123,- 685,41 nually. Bee analy testified:in favor i} We are, first, what our parents an the Edge proposal to remove liquor distant ancestors mi u second, prescription restrictions, describing, Whét our surroundings make us, and as foolish the Beaenen in fe law | third, Leet met. jiu daar e | . 5 . permaltting Bron EARS aes say: “the new crop of babies is infi- amount of liquor for. an infa) ry chi drunk- waly superior to the war-born babies. far 9 “ebrpnleat AeaReyenle, ! e latter, half starved, now ten to one Maxim, asserting that prohibi- Tanen years of age, have minds of tion.is an “absolute, abject failure,” | normal children aged four. related that, while spending three months in England recently, he didn’t see a drunken man, but “when I re-| babies, fed on chopped liver, thrive turned ‘home, thf first man I saw/on it because of its richness in vita- was drunk, mins, Babies in Berlin's charity. hos- le came to the boat to meet me,” | pital get no milk after the age of two ithe 73-year-old inventor added. “He | months, and chopped liver makes them ‘was accompanied by @ man who was | grow to be sturdy and beautiful hu- drunker ‘than. he was.? jman sptcimens. —— |" But don’t change your baby from Dinner Will Mark | mfik to chopped liver without asking Annual Meeting of North Dakota S.A.R. Grand Forks, N. wD, April 8.—()— | A dinner will mark the annual meet- * ing of the North Dakota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution here on April 19, according to an- nouncement by. ‘A. H. Yoder, Grand; Forks, secretary of the organization. It is peren, hat a delegate to the Sesqui-Centennial exposition at Phiia-! dephia will be chosen at the meet- ing. The organization a)so is urging: schools to observe this year the cen- tennial of the death of: Thomas Jef- ferson, who is credited with having written the declaration. of independ- ence. New members ‘admitted to the socic- ty foe the yes ae include Frayne . Groner Wank tub Davi welgugun Spo; Seahhy BaDy vies, Plummer, Minn.; ‘W. 8. eae ae ar. Hort ae erg 2 vant, Grand Forks,” Chapman was, in part, the result of } our apparently unavoidable system of | education in crime. He had been for Lyears an ordin sneak thief, of a mean kind, swindling women. ihen prison term brought him in contaci with “Dutch” Anderson, a more des- perate criminal, who explained to him/| the advantages of “higher crimes.” Both were in Atlanta’s federal prison. Both escaped, Chapman twice. “Dutch” Anderson, pursued by a |young detective, shot and mortally wounded his pursuer. But a= the courageous young-man lay dying. he {shot his,murderer dead. ‘Now the hangman confers upon {Chapman the last and highest “dc- | sree” of the university of crime. * Dr. Fishburg’s news is that German Many clergymen on Sunday preath- {ed on mortality, as well they might, very Sunday. To those now living he only important question is, shall we live hereafter?” Rev. C. E. Wagner, of the Methodist Episcopal church, snys belief in im- mortality is growing feeble. He knows, undoubtedly, but the statement 3 amazing. What is worth while if the hope of mmortality be taken away? “The |, satisfaction of providing for your children, which is a kind of immor- | tality,” you may say. What satisfac- ition is that, if children in their turn are born only to die and forever Tre- main dead? But immortality is real. Matter and force are indestructibl Would the wisdom that. controls this imiverse doom consciousness, the light,of the soul, to eternal death, while giving ,| perpetual existence to foree and- okey ter i Mr. Elliott, of Jamaica, L. 1, who represents atheists, wants an injune-\ A ‘giniple _ meio if preserv! ing tion ‘forbidding the government. to sweet cider Mp ‘loss in Btavor [spend money Bhat ‘and navy chap- being sou; eh a Srpecinante ot dains and chaplains serving in ¢on- ene State Unive -(Continved on page three) rt | lice for sheriff deputy sheriff. He came back to the home town, which he fled two years ago, with the confidence of the lowa city in which he buried the past and start- ed life anew. He is recognized as y be ‘explained by the In one of the most substantial citizens} that knowledge which comes [1 of Oclwein, where he dropped off a freight train Pehenshe fied ticom po- seeking the slayer of ho was shot on New Ye: Wis a} realize full AS progressive as the and if some Latin Am have been told is the cas prone to feel that this country is intereste erial things alone, Lam sure by the’ mutual inadequacy ‘reports of the significant fs developments in the respecti trie: ° s and! Basile, coun- eve, 19 esults of Meeting The Congress, Mr. Coohdge suid, should result in a better comprehen r jon that, “after all, we of the west- known as George ern hemisphere are one people str a respected ¢ ving for a common purpose, animate an influential member of the (om-! hy common ideals and bound together | mercial club. Friends there rallied in a common destiny. Unto ux has! ‘to his support and offered to aid him! heen bequeathed the-precious heri-| in his defense. When he departed{ tue and the high obligation of de-| for Racine city officials, inquding| veloping and aonere the mayor, were at the station to IS FOUND-HIS MIND A BLANK His brother Arthur, a few cells away, is held on-a charge of slaying} his brother-in-law, Frank Sieroyzin- Youth Is Apparently Suffer- ing From Amnesia and Nervous Breakdown riends Offer Aid co a Racine det went to Oelwein and jski, of Chicago. The shooting occur- red, Arthur said, when he had re: son to suspect that a gang of men {who approached him near his home; j one nignt two months ago intended to ; rob him, | Weather Report | [ Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. m. ij | | o . 20! 46, ist 2 Rochester, N. Y., April 8.--(P) Highest wind veiocity Douglas Robinson, 21-; paarcold son Weather conditions veh Dar | Phere Douglas Robinson, assist- kota points for the 24 hours ending | ant secretary of the navy, was ina at 8 a. m. today: hospital. today, having been missing | from Harvard University for nearly} | a week, | He was found lying dazed in front | jof a North Fitzhugh street hotei by } |a patrolman early this morning, his | | mind a blank. Believing the youth! \had been struck by an automobile, the patrolman summoned an ambul- |ance, At-St. Mary's hospital, aiter some questioning, the youth mum- bled that his name was Douglas Robinson and produced his father’s! personal card: | Hospital physicians said that he; was, apparently suffering from amnesia and a nervous breakdown brought on by overstudy. The youth's father at Boston tele-+ phoned the hospital and arranged to ! come to Rochester at once with Mrs. | Robinson, Guaranty ‘Fund to Finish Passing on Claims Next Week Members of the state guaranty Pa, | expect to finish the work of pas. ng on all claims against closed Class C} ibanks at'their meeting here next \ The commission has -been regularly to detemine whether not res of the various closed state bank: against the-state guaranty fund. It} is expected ony at Jeast another year will be required to-complete the work. | Although 0 remains in the| guaranty fund, uif-of it will not be lable. for payment to creditors of the banks. until after numerous contested cases have been disposed |“ of, a large part of it being held in at reeere se roe cont ted ° agains’ nks whose lepositors al- sready have received an “initial pay: ment. itation ch es * Precii ecooesoososoo Sin in Amenia Bismarck . Bottineau Devils Lake Dickinson Dunn Center Ellendale Fessenden Grand Forks . Jamestown Larimore Lisbon ... Minot .. Napoleon . Pembina Willis Moorhéad, Minn. .. River stage at 7 a. hour change -0.1 feet. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair 'to partly cloudy tonight and Frida: not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Fair to partly cloudy tonight and Friday; not mueh change in temperature. + SOTERA WEATHER CONDITIONS high. pressure: area still covers ihe Spaethers Plains States ‘and cen- tral Canadian ~ inces while low pressure preas are centered over the Southeast and-‘along the Pacific coast. Cat akon occurred in the Lower” Great m, middle Mississipel Valle: and Wyomng and the western Plateau resi. Be re where the weather is general! Temperatures confinue Seatalor! to low the season: epee a over, ‘Mississi net ! Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Char Clear Clear feet. 24 RDO { ! | + | formed an honor guard. under report by La Nacion, Buenos press and inter: provided the basi work of the com " of news, development. of iean art center in encouragement of tournaments embracing the sphere were + 1 in he as means of bring i ser un | derstanding among.jhe nations of the two continents. The report suggested appointment by the Pan American union of a com- mittee to work gut a program for sports tournaments that would realiz he opportunities they offer to riendly inte establishment nd the exact Aires. yon relations, first actual ater inter a sport hemi ou ugh “the pr ipulation ebaductive to harmony TODAY IN WASHIN' ‘ON 1 c siaues. Henge farm relief hearing pro- Reeds, ck-Brookhart contest mains hefore senate. House takes up $85, aviation program. e: re- 000,000 navy Hibbing Pays Its Final Tribute to Victor L. Power April 8—(?)—Hib- e this morning to its or L. Power, 10 times mayor of the city. Hundreds of Hib- bing and range citizens crowded the Assumption Hall church to attend the funeral servic The crowd was so large that it was | impossible to accommodute the throng | ‘and hundreds stood in the streets. Hibbing. Mi bing paid trib first citizen, Vi New! report | | of RIVERS STILL MENACE SOME LOCALITIES Rainfall Has Ceased, However, , and the Worst Is Be- lieved Past ! | | i \ | Chicago? April | litinois and In¢ vy rains and melted LeMuRniea cena i day, although cessation o tion over most of the area was view- | ed hopefully. of by! alll (P) nay Rivers swallen sow, orning showers | were Senital sta rain, however, ji evening in the ¢ jtral plains area, while the weather will be unsettled Friday in the west- ern and central, sections, with pro- buble showers. Considerable property damage al- l ready has been suffered in the low- spring grain er FLORIDA LAS A EVERE Ww ELE vAL STORM April 8—(A)— ications on the east coast la were severed early today hy a high wind and electrical storm, | world. Meager reports from. the storm area indicated that there was slight; property damage and practically no, | casualties. Monsignor Father Limmer of the) Roman Catholic church sang the mass and delivered the funeral sermon. ‘The body was then escorted by a military guard and the Elks to the Duluth, Missabe station where it placed aboard a train for Duluth route to Chicago. During the hou of se: tween 10 and all local busin houses were closed by order of pro Jatmation of the mayor. ‘More than 000 range citizens marched in the pra- cession to the Union depot. ry local club and organization were rep- | revented. Tt was the longest funeral co seen in Hibbing. The Range Bar posed of lawyers tege Association, aon of range cit Councils and city officials of all range cities were in attendance. Bannon Appointed Tax Supervisor | James Bannon of Mott appointed state tax supervisor s been at\work in Morton, Oliver, Mercer and Dunn counties. "The appointment was made by T. H.H, Thoresen, stale tax commissioner. ew game farm} hi Where Chinese’ pheasants und other) fine game birds with be bred and la! d into forests and fields for hunting 1926 is the Fite ann the telephone. X = tor 's have a legitimate claim} the sixth judicial district and is now | ce, Tenor Soloist With Royal Swedish Band nds of the two states, and farmers | have been delayed in the sowing of| For a short while all points south of | ri Fort Pierce were cut off from the! Battle The premi that the inter- nal battle having been won, there was now the graver battle with foreign countries. Jt was natural that all countries upholding the principle of the fra without real brother- hood of ty. without peace or liberty without independence should coalesce against Italy. ‘Ine premier said he foresaw an attempt | feonostcal to isolate Italy, but he shouted “we will win, because we he three million youth ready.” from the London € received in WwW fronti guerilla, war n the fasc cisti in the province of Palermo, Sic The fascists after a pitched b: tle captured the village of Capaci, wether with 20 prisoners. * COUNTY AGENT FOR BURLEIGH IS HERE TODAY R. Miesen Comes From Worthington, Minn., to Take Up Work Here re is going} A. A. R. Miesen of Worthington, Minn. who accepted the position of unty agent for Burleigh county, ar- ved in Bismarck this afternoon and will enter upon his work here imme diately. Mr. Miesen motored her accompanied by Mrs. Miesen and th three-months old daughter. Mr Miesen was engaged by the ricultural committee of the Bismarck | Association of Commerce, after funds with which to finance the project in the county were quickly subscribed b; local business men. ring a county agent was put to a! | ed. ; th i and anti-fasi-| the loss at perhaps {how the four lai ‘been ignit age! The question a i All Workmen Escaped As it became apparent that the property was doomed, the several hundred men who had been fighting the fire all of sterday and fast night were ordered from the field. It was believed they all escaped, Two motor trucks were abandoned to ‘he flames. As the fire spread from tank to tank it created a flame a mile long, with the blaze shvoting from 50 to 60 feet into the sky. amage will amount to an unesti- mated number of millions of doilars. Even before the flames spread beyond bounds of the four r ficials of the oil comp estimated ss high as $10,- ibed the digs as the most destructive in the history of petroleum indu: in Californ ible For 50 Miles The fire was started early yester- day by lightning. Officials of the oil company, ufable 000,000 and to understand es of oil could have ed by one flash, have reach- ed the conclusion that two bolts struck simultaneously, causing two of the storage lakes to explode and throw ineir taming board covers on- to the other reservoirs. The fire was so intense none could approach within 500 feet of it. It could be seen for 50 miles, ANOTHER OIL FIRE SET BY LIGHTN: Anaheim, Calif., April 8.--)-—Two capacity oil tanks of the Union Oil company at Bera, a tank field six miles north of here, were struck by lightning and set afire today. CALIFORNIA HAS ANOTHER SEVERE STORM When the Royal Swe Swedish Navy Band; vote of Burleigh county citizens at! Three Lives Are Lost—Wind its concert in this city Satur-| least twice in past years, the last time} April 10, at The Auditorium, | there will be introduced to our pub- | lie as a soloist with the organization, Folke Anderson, Lyric tenor of the | Royal Opera in Stockholm. Sweden. | Born in Eskilstuna, the Sheffield of Sweden, Mr. Anderson made his debut on the stage of the Royal Opera in 1921 as the philandering Count Alm viva in “The Barber of $eville,” an this first appearance of the young tenor witnessed a demonbtration for the singer that the nerable insti- j tution had not seen in many a day, |The critics could not fi words to deseribe the lyric quality of his voice, so peculiar to Northern tenors, his wonderful bel canto singing and his phrasing coming in for particular mention. ‘Now roles were given him once and the sutcess of the fir: se ning was repeated in the lyr tenor parts of “King For A Da: oe Jetais Roi), “Mignon”, er Ro- “Tannhauser" “Or- pheue™, aud many ‘others, Mr. Anderson also devotes himself |fo the folk mysic of his native coun- Aitry) ‘is repertoire includes a large } Ae eed of the compositions or Peter, "| son-Berger, Alfven, Sjogren, Stenh: ar, ANPIDOEES Soderman, etc, He is him composer of no mean ability. | ‘There is no doubt but that Mr. An- derson will prove himself a worthy soloist with a Band of musician—-solo- ists, and his appearance is eagerly ‘awaited. |deing in 1922, when the result was three to one in favor of the proj The exact count was 3,792 in favor of | @ county agent and 1 Only three precincts in the entire county showed more votes against the others the vote was a tie. county agent, however, and {spring th the Association of Commerce investi- gated the matter, finding that farmers were still very ‘desirous of having such a man to whom they could come for information and advice concerning their problems. Business men were solicited and the necessary funds were subscribed with very little ef- fort. Well Recommended Mr. Miesen comes to Burleigh coun- ty highly recommended by officials of the North Dakota school of agricul- ture, the University of Minnesota tricultural school, and the ‘people who are familiar with his ware in Nobles county, Minnesota, where’he has ‘been the past five years. He is a graduate of the Mi Minnesota agricultural school and has had special training in live- stock and poultry work, which makes him particularly fitted to carry ‘on the work of a pig Gigi in Burleigh county. It is. ible that his offices vd be maintained in the postoffice buildi 01 against it.! | | and Rain Do Great Amount Of Damage San Francisco, April 8.—)— plan that in favor of it, and in two! Lashed by a gale from the sea, the second wind and rain storm which County officials failed to hire a| has visited California within a week this; continued a drenching downpour to- agricultural committee of | day throughout the state, claiming ~ | three lives. High winds yesterday uprooted trees, smashing buildings here and there, and blew down telephone, tele- saps and power lines. One man w! killed and another was injured near Redding when a huge tree fell acro: (ae automobile in which they were Several persons were report- ed injured in a 60-mile g which wrenched and unroofed buildings in that section of the Sacramento Val- ley. Tornado like ‘winds also were experienced at Fresno, Streams were f-! reported the highest Floods caused by the pov rains claimed the i Mrs. Ma Robles, into ‘a. stream to regcuc her eight-year-old Gaughter, and Joseph’ s nine, when os ae Leaies ae he wai santas The first ibe was estal 549,