The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 16, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS Unsettled tonight and Saturday; rising temperature tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 TWO M Se APRIL P PRANKS ON THE THERMOMETER BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1926 LAYS] Must Die é IN New Yorkers Get Mid-Winter| j Temperatures, Westerners Suffer With Heat OREGON HAS 94 ABOVE Evening-up Process Starts To- day— More Moderate Readings Promised Chicago, April 16—UP)—April has deen playing another of her wayward pranks on the thermometer. Apparently with every kind of weather at her command, she gave up-state New Yorkers another taste of mid-winter conditions and at the same time brought mid-summer tem- peratures to the northern plains and far northwest. The extreme range of mercury readings. yesterday was 86 degrees, with the iow point zero at Saranac, N. Y., up near the Can: n“border, and the high mark 94 above at Ar lington, Oregon. Today, however, the evening-up process starts. Low temperatures of the east began slowly rising last night, a marked rise was in prospect for the central west, while the ab- normally high marks of the central northwest will give way to more mo- derate readings. ‘The quick drop in the mercury yes- terday in northern New York was ac- companied in some places by slight falls of snow, At Plattsburgh the thermometer fell 20 degrees in an hour, A 91 degree mark at Aberdeen was the hottest April day there in many ye Other high readings region were: Huron, S._D., Bismarck, N. D., 84; Fargo,.N. 84. x registered dur- ing the day i s. After a fling at higher readings to- day, the warmer weather will easé off Satur in the central west. | “WOW TWO CHINAMEN DIED. BESIDE THE DREP PECOS HE WATCHES HIS SHEEP. TRAVELER WONDERS. Leanne en EaEEEEneeed BY ARTHUR BRISBA’ (Copyright, 1926) This is written on the Sunset Lim- ited, over the Southern Pacific, through train to the coast. statement, “There is no better train, ‘3 justified. Leaving New Orleans at! noon, the train runs\through Louis’ ana rice fields and sugar cane fields, and then, all night and all day The dining | “Somehow there through gigantic Tex: car captain says, seems to be more land down here, than by the,northern route.” ‘There a great deal of, land. You could scatter a few New England states along this railroad track, and not crowd anybody, Not to see Texas is not to know what @ big country this is. It is like going to the zoo dnd missing the elephant. What.tens of millions will live here in future years when flying machines will do in one hour what this train does in ten; when water is controlled and these miles and mi! land, brought under intensive cultiv. Produce food enough for all the pe le on earth, Overpopulation? We ave not started to populate, and if that bé birth control treason let the eugenists make the most of it. But we need to spread the population and ‘take care of the mother: Just now the train and on the left runs the Rio Grande parallel with th A few yards away a strong kangaroo with a good running Jame might clear that, river and land in Mexico. What a change in one jump. Will Unce Sam ever make the jump? Probably not. Far better tbe friends; treat each other fairly; Fay eg! capital and leadership and th nations grow rich and good, side by side, powerful to protect this continent. Del Rio, “ Del Rio brings a Jook of sad remin- iscence to one ner on the dining car. That’s where Chinese cross the river sometimes and offer honest American that them, safe, in Ohicago or San Fran- cisco. There’s a lot of empty room above each end of the dining car, you are told: in a whisper; space about ten feet long, room for sevefal China- men:~ Once in a while the boys would smuggle in a few, at night, letting them through the top of the car, Five hundred Wollars a hedd is pretty big money and a couple more Chinese laundymen couldn't do much harm. But once the boys forgot two of them or got scared or something and the poor’ fellows. died up there. They were afraid to holler. So that all stopped. Perhaps, that “Boy” had some imagination. ‘Automobiles, freight ca id even Figing machines still bring in some of the Asiatics, it is said. \ If you wait over train, you can get’ off at El Paso, run over to the old Apache Trail and see the cliff dwell- ings, just as Coronado found them, ago, when exploring looking for “The 1 ‘not tell hien “shything Indians could not 4 shything about these Serle in the rock. Their -ancestora, no traditions em. ar old mex one tribe of "GUS? Amufading buen ingenuliy and o Ghought. df'mo one had ever tried t0 kill us, we © ‘be new (Conti page two.) . * Dreyfus Rhodes, 25, who escaped klahoma state prison and from the killed a Vincennes, Ind., police detec: tive, has been sentenced to death on A government officer who| trailed him said he has “more nerve Ay, than Gerald Chapman and more self: possession than Dutch Anderson.” STATEIS447H | IN TRACTORS ON THE FARMS, Was Seventh in 1920—1925 Figures Are 75,970 Farms, 15,852 Tractors Although North Dakota ranked four- teenth among the states in the num- ber of farms reporting tractors i 1925 it lost in standing during th five-year period froth 1920, of commerce sho’ , In 1920, with 11,834 farms reportin, tractors the state ranked During the five-year peri ber of. farms reporting tracto’ creased to '15,862 but despite fact six ‘states went uhead’ of it ii the number of farms reporting power machine: “ One. explanation Td: the To rank by North Dakota is that it: farmers were quicker lo adopt powe: machinery than their brothers in mori thickly settled states who are onl; now beginning to use tractors on thi same scale that North Dakotans hav done for years. In 1920 North Dakota had 77.69 farms ahd 11,834 tractors while Ilin- ¢ Jeader, 32 ois, both then and now th had 287,181 farms. and o 933 dor North Dakota’s average wi one ott of every 6.4 farms. Illinois’ ‘The javeraga was ‘one out of every 10.9 farms. Mn. 1925 North Dakota thad- 76,97 fatms &f which 16,852 had tractors, of ‘whieh In North Nakota Illinois had 225,601 far: 41,454 bad tractors. one*dut of every 4.9 farms had tractor while the Mlinois oné out of every 5.4 farms had tractors. “Ranks 16th As To Radios In a computation of the number) of radios on farms North Dakota ranked sixteenth. Illinois, with thi heaviest farm population, again led North Dakota had 4,729. with 27,434, Illinois had one radio to every 9. farms while North Dakota had on radio to every 16 farm: “WHITE WAY” BRIGHTEST New: York-—Flashing 25,000,000 cat dlepower of light Way” is ‘on earth” it was revealed in the re- port ef an electric sign survey her recently. * | ARE HELD NOT Temperature at 7 a. m, . Highest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. m, Highest wind velocity Weather conditions kota points for the 24 hours en m, todi in inches Amenia . Bismarck . Bottineau . Devils. Lake Dickinson ...... Dunn Center . Ellendale .... Bessenden Grand Forks . Jamestown ... Tangdon Larimore . Lisbon ..... Minot .... Napoleon ; Pembina Williston Mooshead, coccosqooe cos ococ Precipitation settled tonight an: temperature tonight an: Saturday. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS ie low pressure area, with its an an companying unsettled weather high: winds, tovers ‘the on., Temperatures have risen it the middle and southern pts and from the Mi y [et covers the northeastern Roe! unta’ ‘in. slo} ut generally fai Meodarate temperature prevails over the entire West. figures compiled by the federal department seventh. nd the num- in- that of wainst the sky! each night, New York's “Great White| rally “the brightest spot, 80 h Da- ding stward, Another low pressure. 5 5 EW CLINIC. BUILDING T0 BE ERECTED Bismarck Clinie to Pat Up $80,000 Structure at Thayer and Fifth FOR QUAIN & RAMSTAD Wahpeton Firm Gets General Contract—Work to Start Early Next Week Contracts for one of Bismarck’s biggest building Wioiects of the year —® three-story office building to house ‘the Quain ¢& Ramstad clin twere let yesterday and construction work is to start early next week. The building complete cost ap- proximately $80,000, exclusive of i equipment, Redlinger & Hansen of Wahpeton ‘were the successful bidders on the general contract, with the plumbing and heating contract going to Frank Grambs and the contract for the clec- trical work being awarded to R. W. Sanders, ‘both of Bismarck. There were 11 bidders on the general con- tract, four on the plumbing and heat- ing and seven on the electrical work, and ‘the figures ran very close. Three Story Building The new building will be erccted at the corner of Thayer and Fifth street, just west of the city hall, and will face west. It will be 7 feet by 110 fect in size and will have three floors. No basement will be con- structed, since the buildin connected with the city tem and b: quired., A tunnel five feet deep and four feet de will be constructed under the building, however, in which tthe heating and plumbing installation will be made. The building will be strictly fireproof, the con$truction to be of brick and tile. Hebron brick will be used. The first floor will have a small re- ception room, the ex-ray department, physiotherapy department, fracture room, record room, library, eye de- rtment, and living quarters for the janitor. The main reception room will be on the second floor, which NM also include the general business offices, 23 éxamining offices and con- sultation rooms, and two small oper. j ating rooms for minor surgical wo The third ficor will provide space for. 26 additional examination and consul tation rooms. Provisions will also be made for a passenger clevator. All New Equipment ctically all equipment which will ‘he placed in the new building he new, and of the late: approved kind. A comple and a nurses’ call ar- n e (3 n 3 r °c} ly e ey 0 | private telephone cxchange with con- nections in each room. is being built by the Bismarck Clinic, which is the corporate name of the i inie, The clinie 0 ional 1 for the past but has long since outgrown its quar- fters there. Redlinger & Hansen, the general contractors, built the ndna high school building a year or two ago, and are just completing a public building at Underwood. They are also building the new auditorium at ‘the Minot Normal school, which will be completed in May. Mr. Hansen of ‘the contracting firm was superintend- ent of construction for the govern- ment when the federal buliding was erected in Bismarck and n charge.of that work. The new clinic ‘building here is to be complete and ready for occupancy by November 1, this year. George Pass & Sons of Mankato, Minn., are the architects for the pro- ject, while Rose & Harris of Minne- j@polis are preparing the plans and specifications for the mechanical quipment. GRAIN RATES a ie 5 al i e i UNREASONABLE Interstate Commerce Commis- sion Examiner Makes Tentative Report Washington, April 16,—(#)—An in- terstate commerce commission ex- aminer has recommended in a tenta- jive report that the commission find not unreasonable rates on grain and| in products and, flaxseed from orth Dakota points to Minneapolis and Duluth, Minn., and rates on grain and grain products other than flax- seed from South Dakota to the same and various other markets. The examiner proposed removal of undue prejudices which~he found in flaxseed rates from North Dakota to Duluth and Minneapolis and points taking the same rates. A similar finding was made as to rates on grain and grain products other than flaxseed. moving from North . and South Dakota. These rates were held preferential to Minnesota shippers. In another case the examiner found not justified proposed . increased rates on flaxseed between points in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Towa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. He found reasonable, however, proposed changes, principally increases, in rates on grain and grain products other than flaxseed between the same state points and from Noxth Dakota and Minnesota, to certain of the larger terminal % The, British Ministry ture has 40 boys’ and gi 14 English counties. f le sla? ane it ‘chickens: not from cows. ir ie from; rangement «will be installed, also a The building] t -|white and |Two Are Hanged For Strangling Women Chicago, April 16.—()—Raymand Costello and Charles Hobbs, negro, stranglers of women, were hanged to- gether here at 9:21 this morning. _ Costello was convicted for attick- ing and strangling 16-year-old Maqe- line White, He pleaded not guilty and reiterated his statement, tod: Hobbs admitted he strangled landlady, Betty Barnett, negres steal 75 cents. DAKOTANS ARE REQUESTED T0 _- PLANT TREES State Forester Tells Kinds of Trees that Will Do Well - in the State Bottineau, N. D., April 16.—(#) 000 of North Dakota's 4 an be grown almost anywhere ate if given proper attention E. Cobb, state forester EN LOSE LIVES IN N. D. PR DRYS ANSWER ASSAULTS ON - PROHIBITION Proposal to Modify Volstead Act Has Insuperable Ob- ‘ jections, They Say DANGERS EXPI Modification "Would Make Rootlegging More Menac- ing, the Drys Claim ED Washington, April 16.—()--The 1 of the house of representatives for such athorough-going work of moral persuasion and legal enforce- ment as will give the policy of pro- hibition an adequate opportunity to demonstrate ills full value to the na- tion and the world, said a statement presented today to the senate liquor tee by the administrativ “the federal coun: and head of state forestry sclipol there. ‘Cobb is urging every North Dakota householder to observe forest ‘week from April 18 ‘trees and shrubs on his own propefty. | The principal forest areas. in the state, Cobb. said, are those of the Pembina and Turtle mountains, jthe Devils Lake region and the Red and: Missouri river valleys. Only six counties have 20,000 acres of forest or more. They are Rollette 51,000 Pembina 44,000; Bottineau 42,00; Ca. valier 33,000; Walsh 28,000 and Grand jome counties have so} t it is hardly notice- little forest able. Despite the state's natural lack of| timber, however, there are thousands | of acres than could be profitably used in tree culture, Cobb said. Many acres are suitable neither for agri- cultural purposes nor for grazing and of farms are without trees of any kind that should be growing them for the protection of the farmsteads and at Bottineau a tablished n nursery at, 1913 for the testing out of suitable trees and for their grow-! ing and distribution to the people of the state. This was carried on for, a few years, but w 3 The |i ablished this nursery, in function as into working orde foreste plished with the U. S partment of Agriculture under icNary Act, whereby it re federal funds to aid the state} y and for extension work in to carry ‘the information in, regard to the planting and care of{ es tothe people. The extension, tex Ys at the s of the people for lectures on tr demonstration, He will be glad to. schedule engagements for such talks, free of charge, to any organization in the state. Evergreens Most Suitable “Through investigation it determined that evergreen sare more suitable for the plains than are the more common broadleaf trees usually planted. While they may be more difficult to establish, they repay for the extra effort expended. “As to growth, they compare favor- ably with the trees that grow at a much faster rate. A cottonwood shoot up 40 feet in a few y but} it is ready to die in almost as many years as it took to grow that much.! The boxelder, while hardy and a fast) grower, soon becomes scaggly, with} broken branches, as does the soft maple, where it can g The wi lows will not be found successfu Hthe western pant of the state without ‘their roots in.moisture; the native elms are hardy and fairly fast grow- ing and are fine trees for cities an towns, but are not 80. successful on the farm on account of their manner = of growth. «All over sae ae ny be foun evergreen plantings of spruce gine that thave proved ‘their worth. These have been seen on many aban- doned farms where they have made wonderful growths against gras: cand stock. On account of their ability to grow on difficult sites, with often deficient moisture, they are capable of adapting themselves to severe con- ditions. | Such trees as, Seotch ack ern yellow or bull pine, pouty ‘Black Hills Spruce have din all parts of the state.) Foreign Trees “Introducing trees from other coun- tries has nroved successful in many cases. Some have not done so well. Those that may be planted with a e Russian Olive, native Rattalobersy: e caragana or Siberian Tea-tree; a the Chinese elm. Such trees as the Russian poplar, Russian golden willow and the; laurel-leaved willow | are not so successful unless well plied with moisture. These : Fanied trees, when planted in dri sections without extra moisture, bd of drought, winterkill and become su- ject to disease. Pubrggtl prepar t tix brought y through! cooperation ha’ De the| been been plante ation of Fed soil nting is a vital factor in ee of Growing trees, and the state forester will advise anyone, ap- plying for assistance and information ‘on this subject. , “american Forest Week in North Dakota should mean planting of more (trees on every ft ead, the proper care of these trees, and the conscrva~ tion of those trees that are growing naturally, so that they may be main- tained and not cut many.” BEAR LOADS UP Great Falls, Mont—A 300-pound bear, emerging from his long winter sleep near theres broke this fast by wating three stick¢ of dynamite. road gen; him at his feast, There was no shooting at bears all week. —_ A car. trav 80. mites an hou: goes. 22 feet in half » second. 1 24-by planting |G h lasts Gy American soldiers in the American 5 declaration by the spokesman for 28 protestant communions mark- ed the opening of the drive by the ’ n response to the a: ults on ion which have been made by the wets during the past 10 days. The statement was read by Dr. Wil- jew York, secre- y of the American Bible Society. “Tf seri js have sprung up since pro! ion,” the statement said, “they are far less than the evils which arose from the liquor traffic prior to the 18th amendment. liquor traffic with the accompanying saloon was allied with political eo ruption, crime, gambling and_prost! tution. It meant the wreckage of men and the degradation of families, Not Adopted Hastily “The policy ition was not adopted hasti it foisted upon the country a__ puritanical It first voted in most of the states separately and then na- tionally, because the people had be- come convinced that the liquor tra l of such magni tude that it had to be destroyed, "The 18th amendment was made a part of the ‘constitution by the regu- i methods which the founders of the republic devised with a view to making the amendment of the consti- tution difficult rather than easy. Yet mendment was adopted more tly than any other change in ion ever proposed. posal to modify the Vol act so as to permit the sa nd beer presents insuperable objections, It would make enfore ment. more difficult. It would in- evitabl return either of the saloon desirabl “Bootlegging in stronger rs would become m ing because it would tend to operate through the culture or| places where the milder intoxicants | were sold. Moreover, there is no evi- dence to justify the contention that to permit wine and beer would re- duce the consumption of ardent spirits. The teaching of experience is to the contrary. ' Other Methods Inadequate “Methods of control short of pro- hibition, such as taxation, regulation and the governmen controlled systems of some of provinces, Norway and Sweden, have ull proved inadequate to cope’ with the evil. “The one path of advance js for all good citizens personally to observe the law and to support the great en- terprise, born of the idealism of the people, of completely ridding the na- tion of as demoralizing a business as the liquor traffic has always proved itself to be.” The committee which had charge of presenting the repee included Dr. S. Parkes Cadman of New York, pre- sident of the Council of Churches; Dr. Charles S. MacFarland, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches; Bishop James Cannon Jr., Methodist Episcopal church south; and Dr, Robert E. Speer of New York, secretary, board of foreign missions, Presbyterian church. Auxiliary Makes Life Easier For Disabled War Vets Fargo, N. D., April 16—()—Co- operation on the part of members of the various units of the American Legion auxiliary is doing much to make life easier for ex-service men now in government hospitals, accord- ing to information received here from Mrs, John McLean of Devils Lake, chairman of the auxiliary’s hospitali- zation department. North Dakota men in hospitals at Montana, and St. Paul were tertained at Easter parties by aux- ry members there, Mrs. McLean said, and North Dakota women are elping to make pajamas for children Legion billet for children at Otter Lake, Michigan. Due to gencrous donations of cash and clothing the North Dakota Legion has been able to meet promptly all calls for help which it has: received, Mrs. McLean sa Neal Now Located in New } York City William S. Neal, former city edi- tor of the Bismarck Tribune and later tocated at Minneapolis, is now in New York, according to word received by friends here. Mr. Neal is at present employed by the International News Syndicate and, although he will be traveling “about the eastern part of the United States a: great deal, will maintain his dquarters in ‘New York city. His address is 153 Fast) 39th street, New York, N. Y. fs at a ese. Ea Two-hedded. snakes, abnormal -¢res- sane, lik cadves, arg oc- cat The| IBUNE [ swoon | No Convent for Mary Garden = FH ely N Garden, Chicago Opera star, signs a contract to sin Comique, Pa Watching the dot M. Ricou on the left, BROWNING HAS. BODY GUARD OF 6 DETECTIVES, Appears Nervous and Agi- tated Following Myster- ious Telephone Calls York, April 16. After € iz Se) threatening telepho' {calls, Edward W. Browning, middl | aged wealthy husband of the former Frances Heenan, 15, has surrounded himself with a body guard of six pri- vate detective The nature of the threats were not learned, but Browning, returning t a hotel in Bronxvi day, with een sh (P) so that the j of Browning's office building on We 72d street found a long knot of crepe nging from Browning's door kn yesterday morning. Browning's school girl bride bou several new frocks in variou Avenue stores. Bronxville the purchased sev mes and then drove to the private school on River- ide Driye, where Dorothy Sunshine lopled by Brow: al years ago, is a pupil. sold, met her n | Z first tin Browning bought his bri ; rings yesterday —an en, wedding, and one dune. He is 00 for the th FARMERS LESS | DEPENDENT ON OUTSIDE HELP Improved Machinery Is Help- ing Many to Do Their Own Work This Year toy shop, » three ement ring, or her birthda aid toh spent Although spring work of all kinds now is under way on farms in all parts of the state the labor situa- tio generally is easy, according to J. A. Kitchen, commissioner of agri- culture-and labor. “In a great many cases farmers aro not depending ‘on outside help but are doing their own work with improved machinery and the aid of members of their families,” Kitchen said. “Re: ports from, several normal schools indicate a)$harp drop-in the attend-'* ance of male students as many boys have returned to the farms to aid in the work after having attended school during the winter. “This is as it should be. Tt means that North Dakota farms are more self-contained and less dependent on outside help than they have been in previous years. When the rush is over the boys can return to school and no one is the loser.” Situation Favorable The general agricultural situation is good, Kitchen said, althugh there is some cause for alarm because of the protracted dry spell in the west- ern part of the state. Little or no moisture thas fallen since last summer and many lakes and sloughs have either dried up or are very low. The fact*that there ‘thas been little or no snow or rainfall may mean that the rain will come this summer when it is most needed, Kitchen said, and there is no immediate cause for worry. The one disturbing factor, Kitchen id, is that the ground is a little too dry to plow easily in some sec- tions. Disc plows can be used, he said, but added that he has observed that land plowed when it is dry does not produce as heavily as the same land plowed when it is moist. He has no explanation of thise phenome- non to offer, but said he has noted it on: several different occasions. Free Love Colony Déeserted—Founder Doing Time in Jail Allentown, Pa., April 16,.—@) “April Farms,” free love colony, was deserted today and Charles Garland, its eeeentric millionaire-founder, was ecomplevinng: the first 24 hours of a 60-day jail sentence. Garland was sentenced yesterday for adultery with Bettina Hovey, mother of a child born in the colony. He also was fined $500. he and Miss Hovey admitted he was the child's father. 4 at the Opera ted line are the theater's directors, and M, Masson, right. TODAY IN WASHINGTON Highway bill is before house Drys take over prohibition tes- timony CROP DAMAGE PROM WIND | NOT SERIOUS Rain Badly Needed, However, to Start Crop Being Sown, Says Kitchen | | { 1 i eee The high wind which swept central North D: tuated the need for rain, J. A. K en, oner of agriculture and j labor, said today Winter rye, of which North Dako- ii large quanti may have n damaged to some but expressed the %e' ttle or no effect on s within the last week, rdly probable that enough own from the fields to | spring wheat seed, although | some winter rye may have been un- | covered,” Kitchen said. wind parched an already ape lowig stiil more diffic id. ‘| pressed the belief that rain is need- ed to start the ed in the groum op now being plac- | Mandan, N. D., April 16.—()—High | winds have caused some damage to fields seeded in sandy soil, especially to the south of Mandan, April 16—()— s not thought Jamestown, N. D., High wind Thu to have damaged any crops in this vicinity. The little light soil and drifting was not noticeable ex- cepting to some extent in the munds district where there are sev- eral strips of sandy soil. nity have been occa-| sioned only minor difficulties by| high winds, and but slight loss of | seed in the ground has been reported. Tho worst feature of, winds such as! that of Thur: is'the added fire hazard. WINONA MAN KILLS SELF’ Commits Suicide Shortly Aft-| | er Making Plans to At- tend a Movie Show 1 | i Minn., April 16.—()— utes after making plans attend a movie in| the evening, Steven Maresch, aged 49, a'stone cutter, returned to his hotel room here late yesterday, afternoon | and committ i \ Maresch, who friends say was de-} pondent because of ill health, died | instantly after shooting himself through the head with a large cali-! bre revolver. His wife, said to be divorced, and one son, Gordon, age 12, of Fountain City, Wis., survive, Two Huge Streams of Lava Flow From Mount Mauna Loa Hilo, T. H., April 16.—@)—Two lava flows from somewhere near the | summit of Mauna Loa were headed southward toward the sea last night, one flow being a thousand feet wide and 10 feet deep and. the other, 300 to 500 feet wide and eight feet deep. The flow illuminated the entire land. Some homesteaders near the coast in the path of the moving lava began to vacate their places. The flow~of lava already has blot- ted out a great forest from the land- seape. Application to Extend Bus Line Is Given Hearing Hearing on the application of the Interstate Bus company for permi: wsion to extend its passen: bus serv- Weaciore, Hague and Astley” wat rasburg, ea ey. was given by ghe state railroad board here ‘today. The ‘proposed robte would connect with the Valley City-Aber- deen line of the company at Ellen- dale. ition to the application is be- age oftered by ithe Northera Pacific ilroad company. Winona, Fifteen m 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS AIRIE FIRES SEVERE BURNS CAUSE DEATH OF BRADDOCK MAN Minot Man Burned to Death While Trying to Save His Hay From Flames BUILDINGS DESTROYED Barns on McGarvey Farm, Buildings on Kruse Place, Were Destroyed _Prairie fires, driven by a high wind, yesterday caused the death of two North Da- kota men and property loss es- timated at from $500,000 to $1,000,000. The dead men are Otto Koehler, living’ near Ryder, Ward county, burned to death in a vain effort to save his hay, and S. A. Lonbaken of Braddock, seriously burned while helping fight a prairie fire. Reports received here from all parts of the state indicated that at least a score of prairie fires occurred yesterday in jscattered sections from Ward? county in the northern part of ne state to the South Dakota ine, FIRES ARE APPARENTLY UNDER CONTROL TODAY Prairie fires which yesterda sweeping south central North Dakota apparently were under coutrol today after they had caused the death of ‘two men and destroyed thousands of dollars worth of property. Fire fighters were aided in their work today by the fact that there was practically no wind. Yesterday a 30- mile gale swept this section of the neporta th hol ports that two school hous@s ha: been destroyed in Burleigh and Rat mons county were unconfirmed toda: although the Arnold school, eight miles north of here, is known to have been destroyed. Braddock Man Dies S. A. Lonbaken, manager of the Carpenter Lumber company’s yard ut Braddock, was so severely burned while helping to fight the flames two miles west of Braddock yester ternoon that he died at the Bismarck hospital at noon today. Meager details, obtained today from one of the party with whom Mr. Lon- baken was working in fighting the fire, indicates that the curtains of ‘his automobile caught ‘were fire as he was | driving ahead of the party to start another backfire, and this set fire to his clothing. Before he could smother the fire in hs clothing, which he ap- parently did by rolling on the ground mping from the burning car, this entire body was terribly burned. He walked the quarter of a mile be- tween ‘him and the rest of the party, however, after which a physican was summoned, and he was rushed to the local ‘hospital for treatment. Mr. Lonbaken, 25 y. to Braddock three yei Glendive, Mont. He is survived by ‘the widow and a_ three-year-old daughter, as well as his,mother, Mrs. S. A. Lonbaken, Sr., and a brother and sister, living in Montan In addition to the loss of two barns on the farm of J. P. McGarvey, three and one-half miles northeast of Bis- marck, a barn is _ known to have burned near Apple Creek school No. 1. The basement door of Apple Creek school No. 3 was burned off but the remainder of the building was saved. The big barns on the Schn der Bros. farm were saved with dif- ficulty, when a number of Bismarck men answered a call for help and spent several hours in fighting the flames. Soo Line Reports Reports received here today by the Soo line railroad indicated that fires were general along its southern di- vision in North Dakota. These re- ports follow: Moffit—Two barns and one set of out buildings together with two com- plete sets of farm buildings burned. ‘A large quantity of ‘hay and 17 head of cattle were destroyed and thou- sands of acres of hay land burned over. ‘Burnstad—Several farmers burned by the largest fire known for 10 years, Kintyre—A house on the Elving farm and-a barn én the Ed Magnum farm were destroyed together with a large quantity of hay. Merricourt—Several farm ‘homes destroyed and more than 4,000 acres burned over. Fire believed under control. One report received here said one fire, which burned a strip a mile and a half wide and 30 miles long, was started by a farmer who was burning Russian thistles on his property. dings. Burned A report today said that all the buildings on the Kruse place on the Burleigh-Emmons county line had been burned. They were occupied by a tenant. A shortage of hay and pastu the south central section of the might be one result of the fires they covered a large area, Joseph A. Kitchen, commissioner of agriculture bai ed peg ay ‘ abe ne of the largest barns in | county, located on the Orin Dutton farm 20 miles southeast of Bismarck, ware Sarees by fire, seeks to reports bror ere today. on the Tom Hines farm, 10: jismarck, hod Bi ines: horoest, ware of the state were reports