The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 23, 1926, Page 1

ct in every gold rush: halt “ ae a) eee { q dl q f | $ yf WEATHER FORECASTS > Mostly fair tonight and Satur- day; colder tonight. ESTABLISHED 1878 FRANCE SUBMITS NEW THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [mann] BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, , 1926 POLICEMAN IS CHARGED WITH KILLING A MAN Grove City, Minn., Officer Is Bound Over to Meeker Co. Grand Jury SHOOTING WAS MARCH 28 Officer Claims Victim, Ran When He Tried to Arrest Him and Was Shot ‘ Litchfield, Minn. 1 lee 23.—)— Harry Davis, Grove City night po- ticeman who, on many occasions, has cone the pulpit at the Christian hureh, was charged late yesterday ith the murder of James Nugent, years old, of Morris. A warrant was sworn out by N. F, Nugent, the boy’s father. Davis was arraigned last night and © was bound over to the next term of the Mecker county grand jury. The shooting occurred the night of [fonts omer || CELEBRATION 1S STAGED AT WATFORDCITY}: Community Rejoices That Fight For Bridges Was Finally Successful 200 ATTEND BANQUET Guests of Watford City Com- mercial Club State Offi- cers on Program yesterday celebrated its emancipation from a road problem unsolved for a generation, that of crossing the Missouri river safely and speedily, With the letting of contracts for two bridges over the river at Willis. n and Sanish and four additional ntracts for the improvement of | roads leading to the bridges, the way jWas paved for the passing of the ferries which have proved unsatis- Mrs. Elizabeth Spears of Amarillo, Tex. is hunting for her mother,| whom she has never seen. She was born 26 years ago and adopted im-! mediately by Mrs. G. L. Baldwin, a friend of her real mother. Now the March 28 and young Nugent died | foster-mother is dead and Mrs. factory under the stress of modern April 17 in a Richmond hospital| Spears is seeking the real one. Ali, ttaff . asa result of the bullet wound. she knows is that the mother's name|.The celebration, held here last Inquiry by Sheriff Bernard Ander- is Millie Godfrey. jnight, was a community affair und marked a community's ri its fight for the impro: been crowned with success. Two hundred persons attended the ban- quet held in the auditorium, guests of the Watford City Commercial Club. Governor Speaks The list of speakers included Gov- ernor “A. G. Sorlie, I. J. Moe, Valley and Herman Hardt, Napvleon, members of the state highway com- J. A. Kitchen, commissioner of agri ulture and labo and member joicing that ments had son of Meeker county disclosed that Nugent, in company of three other Mofris young men, asked the assist- ance of Davis in obtaining water for his automobile. Davis said that Nugent, not know- ing he was an offieer, offered him a drink, When Davis attempted to ar- rest Nugent, the youth ran. Nugent was then shot through the back, the bullet striking just above the hip. Davis is 30 years old. MAY 3 70818 SELECTED FOR mission; Cir Johnson, highway . ”y engineer, who designed the bridges, y Bismarck Lions Club Takes) (794° 3" Sharts, district federal road airs ‘ > Im. | engineer. Full Charge of the Im The total value of the contracts let provement Campaign today in connection with the bridge improvements was $985,743.75. The separate contracts and the amounts were: Williston .bridge, $686,889.47 to the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron com- pany, Leavenworth, Kansas. Sanish bridge, 422,290.61 to the Minneupolis Bridge and Steel com- A GENTLE GOLD RUSH. LISTEN TO FORD. Bismarck will be the cleanest and most attractive city in the state after the week of May ¥ to 8, according to members of the local Lions club, who have assumed full responsibility for earrying on a “clean up and paint up” drive during that period. In previ- ous years the annual “clean up and paint up” campaign hus been conduct- ed by the Association of Commerce, but this-year the Lions club asked permission to take charge of the} Schultz Brothers. drive and the members have a num-], Graveling road west from bol ber of new and novel ideas which bridge nine” miles, $18,458.73, to “M.P they intend to put into practice. E, Johnson, Minot. : Proclamations from the mayor and] Grading north approach to Willis- city health officer are expected soon.jton bridge, two miles, $8,281.54, officially designating the first week| Schultz Brother in May as clean up and paint up Contracts Signed week for Bismarck. The Lions willl The bridge bids were submitted to then get into action and will y(t county commissioners of Wil- WHEN MUSSOLINI SAYS IT. BUILDING THE EARTH. BY ARTHUR BRISBANE. (Copyright, 1926) Kramer hills, near Barstow, Cali- fornia, is enjoying a baby gold rush, Solemn investors are there waiting to get rich, or be victimized, wild stories of wonderful “strikes” fill the air, end in various shafts, optimists arc sinking more gold than they will ever take out. ‘ading of south approach to Wil- liston bridge, $45,591-14 to Schultz Brothers, Minot. Concrete drainage structures on same job, $4,231.66, Three things are missing that you The dance. gambling hall and saloon. It is a picturesque crowd that gathers near Herkelrath’s strike, a few miles east of this point, Eternal hope, dis- appointed 100 times in the effort to get something for nothing, is here to meet disappointment number 101. Thousands will come for gold, and leave disappointed, that might get all they need from grapes, pears, chick- ens. Don’t invest. every property owner in the city to| liams, Mountrail and MeKenzie coun- clean Qp and improve his property,| ties und recommended by them to repair and paint his building the state highway commission for ac- neededgand cooperate in maki ceptance, a formality required by marck the best appearing city in the] state law. Upon acceptance by the state. state the contracts were signed. All civie ‘organizations in the city} Action on the other contracts was will be asked: to assist in the cam-|taken by the county commissioners paign, of the counties in which the projects are located. Man on His Way to “hte, ie recmerren caete f Weather Report | There is a good newspaper in the new gold field. It is the Kramer Hills = si li ri ° News, You cin got it by addressing eas ———*| the Bridge Letting e “Barstow Printer.” e editor] 7, f "er Ben 6 . A s the Herkelrath Brothers have| Highest yesterday “ Dies Aboard Train|: ld their gold land, the original dis-4 LowestAam night covery, on a tract of 60 acres, for} Precipitation to 7 02 Litchfield, Minn., April 23.—(4)-— $100,000. Very wise Herkelraths. Highest wind. v y 24] Cash and checks totaling $60,000 were rene, Weather conditio: Re at North Da-] found on F. Phiibrick, Port Huron, If you want to get rich, and stay , Mich., who died aboard a train here rich, read Henry Ford's series of yesterday, in an examination by A. W. kota points for the 2 at 8 a. m. today: 4 hours ending ticles, written in collaboration with e Robertson, deputy coroner. Samuel Crowther, now appearing in Temps. & Bound for Williston, N. D., Phil- the Los Angeles Examiner and other Se acu. | brick is believed to,have, been. on his newspapers. 22 © | way to bid on a bridge as representa- Ford, who has 600,000 men and SE gS | tive of a bridge building firm. He women now working for him, starts $= 8S |was about 40 years old. The body in exactly the right way. He says m= & | was returned to Port Huron for bur- that for hundreds of years, he might] Amenia .. 0 P.Cldy.| ial. have said “thousands of years.” men| Bismarck oe ‘iat have been talking about lack of op-| Bottineau A jour Fy pabbraement io: pert dividing} Devils Lake 0 Cloudy Many Choruses in up things already in existence. Yet} Dickinson . 0 Cloudy H cach Sear hes seen. some new idea Duhn Cente 9 Cloudy Musical Comedy to brought forth and developed, and with | Ellendale “loudy Krhole new series af opportuni-| Fessenden 0 Clouds Be Presented Here R lear — 0 Clear There are many choruses, in “Hello We have enough new ideas, not yet 0 Foggy | There,” musical comedy to be’ pre- developed, says Ford, “to take the 0 Clear | sented at the City auditorium, which world out of its sloughs and banish 0 Clear |in themselves would make the show poverty, by providing livings for’ all 0 Clear {a big hit, according to S. Harris who will work.” For, when young 0 Clear | Brown of the Rosella Zura Producing Ford used a buggy, he did not think 0 P.Cldy.| company ef Chicago, the director. the buggy maker ought to divide with 9 Cloudy’ | The cooks, in which & group of Bis- him. fe built up his own gasoline -Moorhend, din, 72 Cloudy | marck women will appeur, is one of bugey business, and put the old buggy WEATHER FORECAST the big featur widows and factories out of business forever.| _ For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly | bachelors, sunshine girls and barefoot what ie the new ides. fair tonight und Saturday; colder| girls, also present interesting song and dance numbers. Much of the comedy in the piece is su pied by the Irish cook, Brid- get, t larjorie Smith) and Jimmie, the handy man, and there is a pleas- ing romance running through the comedy. Archie McPhee is to appear as Jimmie and is said to be well cast Fin the role. ; There is much enthusiasm in the cast, Mr. Brown states, and the near- ly 200 men, women, boys and girls who will appear are busily at work on their lines, songs and dances. “Pa- trons will receive more than their money's worth, when they see “Hello There,” and we look for a packed house,” Mr. Brown said. “Hello There” will be given Friday and Saturday, April 30 and Muy 1. Fargo Cafe Owner Took His Own Life tonight. ; For North Dakota: Mostly fair tonight and Saturday; colder tonight. Saturday slightly warmer extreme west portion. AL WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area extends from Manitoba and the Great Lakes region southwestward to northern Texas, and precipitation occurred in the lower Great Lakes region, lower Mississippi Valley and at many places in the Plains, States and Rocky Mountain region. Very light showers occurred at a few places in the Da- kotas. Fair and colder weather ac- companies a. large high pressure area centered over the north Pacific coast, while moderate temperatures prevail from the Plains States itward. Temperatures are below frei in the western Canadian Province Senate Passes Bill Offered By Frazier | _ rao, x. p. An 23.6. F to Assist Farmers ally, cafe propriate, who died in a You are told hat only private en- terprise can , successfully with railroad paneaement and similar problems. solini, Italy’s new dynamo, does not think so. Hi: that government—which _m Mussolini—should compel private e terprise to do Somerine. Bradford Merrill that the time from Naples to Rome will be cut from five to three hours, and five mountains will be tunneled for a shorter route. ‘The Italian train will average 50 hours. If trains from Chicago to the Pacific would average as much as 37% miles, which they do not, they wane oe the ryn in 60 hours, in- stent ‘If they cut off 40 per cent of the running time, as Mussolini will do, they would mal je run in 41 hours. And they could do it. ‘Why don’t they do it, and prove that private enterprise can do panes. without any Musrolini to kick he phosphorus poi- Sons? soning ie Wednesday, took the —— Washington, Apel arate: Poi-} poison him: self, E. F. foore, county Maunaloa, great Mayeiien volcano, sons need. as germici r insecti-| coroner, sald today in announei is showing us ‘how se Pacific] cides would ig senilabie in conta rs that Emily’s death was “a plain c: islands were built up, from below the! ‘approved by th postmaster gene 1] of suicide.” ; sea. From the top of Maunaloa,| under a bi spat passed by the sei- Peep neeaenrarent melted rock once ‘more comes rushi te and sent to house. Senator BOYS TOUR FRANCE .- down, buryi under java 60 feet] Frazier, Republiéan of North Dak New York.~An educational tour of deep, the native village of Hoopulos,} its author, explaiged that it would] France has been made by 130 boys hurrying the inhabitants to the Ha-] assist farmers in. cparsely settled re-fand 20 teac! from the New York (Continued o on page threo.) gions of the wert, public schoo! ’ | been made. Garden Committee Will Meet Tonight to Plan Its Work L. You airman of the gar- iia club commulttes of the Associa- tion of Commerce, has called a meet- ing of the committee for tonight at the Association rooms. .The club has had some difficulty in getting under way this spring but the enthusiasm of the members is greater than ever and they are looking forward ‘to an unusually successful year. The Garden club has planned for some years to stage a spring flower show of iris and peonies but unfav- orable conditions have always arisen to prevent this. The plan has been suggested again this ycar aud the committee will devote much of to- night’s session to a discussiog of the feasibility of the plan. The annuai fall flower show of the club has long ‘been an event in the flower history of the city and this year's show will be no less elaborate, it is @hder stood, although no definite plans have The committee has no definite business to come up tonight but will| discuss plans in general for the work of the club. MUCH DAMAGE DONE BY FIRE NEAR FELTON IFARM RELIEF SITUATION IS IN A MUDDLE ome Action to Solve the Sur- plus Problem Wanted Before Adjournment TO REPORT THREE BILLS} House Agricultural Commit-| tee in Disagreement Over the Haugen Bill Washington, April 23-—-(#)--The farm relief situation appeared to be more muddled than ever today, pressure increasing for some action to sulve the surplus problem before! congress adjourns. The house agricultural committee | has. practically decided to put. the oblems up to the house as a whole ‘eporting three different proposals thout recommendation, but Republican leaders were not inclin to look with favor upon such an un- precedented procedure. The committee also has ploped| a row within itself over one of th Hundreds of Men Work Throughout the Night to Subdue the Blaze Felton, Minn., April 23.-)—A prairie fire which started about six miles southeast of here shortly after noon Thursday, burning over an area five miles wide and seven miles long, taking with it upwards of 300 tons of hay, considerable farm machinery and an old barn, was finally subdued this morning after fire fighters had work- ed furiously through the night. Ap- proximately 15,000 acres of hay land were burned over before the flames were brought under control, accord- ing to August Steining of Felton. So far us could be learned none of the fire fighters was injured and no livestock was destroy High winds. whipped the blaze across areas and in some instances the fire jumped as far as three rods. A bridge one mile south and two miles east of Felton caught fire three times but was saved after exhaustive effort. ‘Mhe. fire started in Flowing sown- ship and before it had finished, had burned large portions of the land in Keene, Hagen and Felton townships. The cause is not known. Hundreds of farmers from all di- reetions, attracted by the dense smoke in the sky, participated in the battle against the flames. The fire came within a mile and a half of Feiton This morning many were exhausted from the fight. Warder Roberts Recovering From Serious Accident Mr. and Mrs. Orris W. turned last evening from where hey. had been to visit x Roberts, who was ser- usly injured Sunday by the explo- sion of a shotgun. The injured man is getting along nicely, considering the nature of ‘the injuries, and a complete recovery is being hoped for. He was badly burned about the face and was temporarily blinded by the accident, but one eye has now clear- ed and the attending physician as- sures him that the sight of the other eye will be restored. Mr. Roberts, who is a Standard Oil salesman for the Wilton-Pingree and Wilton-Underwood dis: called to Regan by his age’ and when they had. completed work at hand they stepped into the yard to try out a shotgun. The weap- on exploded in Mr. Roberts’ hands. Mr. and Mrs. O, W. Roberts hi driven to Wilton Sunday to their son and, finding that he gone to Regan, continued thei ney in that dir@-tion, Before reach- ing Regan they met Mrs. Warder Roberts bringing her injured husband home. He was .taken into his fath- er’s car and rushed to Wilton, where Dr. Thelan dressed the wounds. Presbyterian Group -of Boy Scouts Will Have Fourth Patrol Roberts re- Wilton, their jour- A fourth patrol of the Presbyterian troup of Boy Scouts will be ory ed and initiated this chicken dinner in the Presbyterian church parlors. The new patrol was organized by Tod Potter, who per- ni evening at a suaded his father, R. E. Potter, to serve as assistant scoutmaster. The dinuer will be in charge of Mrs. R. G. Goddard, Mrs. R. B. Potter and mothers of several of the other Scouts. The new recruits will serve the meal. Whe ‘conte. hace. playined .uiamy, novel initiation stunts to follow the dinner. The members of the new patrol are: Tod Potter, Bill Crewe Donald Robbins, Mcle Schwantes Budd Quam, Bob McCurdy, Carter. ‘Among the activities of this group of Scouts is the erection of a bridge at Burnt Creek metr their cabi' .| Lumber to complete the bridge is being furnished by the Luhr Motor Sales company. Elmer $$$ $— TODAY IN WASHINGTON” Pbsrsent fia hearing continues. ttlements remain before Beis War veterans’ legislation is be- fore hou Committees continue to wrestle - with farm relief. j} government control, to market cach bills--the Haugen measure te carry! ou the corn belt plan, including a: sessment of an equalization fee on! basic commodities to provide for! handling of surpluses. When Chair-{ man Haugen agreed to accept a sug- ion by Representative Andresen,| Republican, Minnesota, at a meeting! last night, that the equalization fee| be deferred for two years, the ses-| sion broke up in an uproar and a de-! cision on this point was deferred. Place Sought in Senate Program enator Harrison, Democrat, Mis- sissippi, meanwhile, has set out to get e for farm relief on the legisla-| tive program of his chamber. — The| present program, he was told ' day by not contain} sion merely because no le islation had been reported by the ag- ricultural committee when it_ was drawn up, but several relief proposals have since been approved. Chairi Watson of the interstate comm committee assured him that he fav- ored action on farm legislation before adjournment. The bills which the house commit- tee has voted to report are the Hau- gen, Tincher and Curtis-Aswell pro- posals, The Tincher bill entbodies Secretary Jardine’s plan for estab- lishing a revolving fund out of the treasury to finance farmers’ coopera- tive associations fn the marketing of surpluse le the Curtis-Aswell measure based on the “Yoakum plan,” to set up an interstate farm marketing association and supple- mentary zone organizations, without pepuirioalty, Might Bring Up Other Measures If the committee's plan to submit all three is carried out it is regarded as possible that any or all of the numerous other measures might b brought up for a vote of the entire membership SOME REMEDY NEEDED, SAYS MAYOR DEVER _DEBT FUNDING OFFER ith {League season. PRICE FIVE CENTS IT TOMORROW | Ambassador Berenger Pre- sents New French Pro- posal This Morning [ATEMENT IN ———— TO CONSIDER i \ | | | | FRENCH | Commission Is Not Expected to Be Long in Making | | i i ' Its Decision Washington, April 23.—()— | France today submitted a new offer for the settlement of its $4,000,000,- 000 war debt. The proposition was taken under [advisement by the American debt commission until tomorrow, when it will meet again. Ambassador Berenger, who has been given full power by France to negotiate with this country, appear- ed before the commission at the ing today to present the French He was before the commission less than 30 minutes. His statement made entirely in French and he h the commission English trans- ns of the complicated new settle- ment proposed. The groundwork for the offer had been carefully canvassed in recent conferences between the ambassador and Secretary Mellon, and it was in- dicated that the commission would not be long in making its decision, MRS. ANNA COOK DENIED WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS ‘Supreme Court Sustains De- cision of Judge Cole in Cass Co. Court Ferguson of Texas alae that she can perform the offices How? By throwing out the Wey when Da jas and Fort Worth opened the Te Seside her is Eugene Smith, secretary of the state highway commission. DECISION OF STUTSMAN CO. COURT TURNED Gov. “Ma” of governor just ball at Dallas, Spring Showers General in Iowa Des Moines, (P)—A spring to turn into greeted Dral early this a ‘ain that promised teady downpour y crowds here rhe weath- The supreme court today denied the application of Mrs. Anna Cook, Fargo er bure reported that the show- veneeal over wertern {| bostlegger, for u write of ‘habeas : : : corpus., Today’s decision — sustained’ Supreme’ Court Rules For: panel an panded down by Re 5 : NOT Judge A. le in the Cis count Plaintiffs in Case Con- i a vay j district , i i f falling In her appeal to the supreme court cerning a Mortgage it lat. My promising wel. |{ Mrs. Cook contended that the period come moisture te fields which || f" which she had been sentenced Reversing the Stutsman county dis. || btd become dry and. serving as |] had expired and that she should not eversing the Stutsman county di check to the menace of plairie [| Be teauired to serve a term in jail trict court, the supreme court today ! despite her conviction on the charge held for the plaintiffs in the case 4 | of illegally selling liquor, In its decision the court sai It a rule of criminal procedure in this that neither a departure from form nor mode prescribed in re- spect to any pleading or proceeding, ny error or mistake therein, renders it invalid unless it has ‘ac: | tually prejudiced the defendant, or tended to his prejudice, in respect to bstantial right. fires ' } William and R. ler Alvena Blievernicht vs. DePuy, CHILDREN ARE FOUND AT ono a mort, ged to have been pure the plaintiffs by the In its decision the supreme court{ | held that the to intention of Mielke! title in the mort | and DePuy {wage was based on fraud and defendant sentenced to impri- | that certain actions of the defendants | sonment, why after perfecting an ap- | in connection, with an alleged attempt | peal from the judgment of conviction, jto purchase the mortgage were un- J obtains a stay of execution und is fair. After reciting how Mielke and De Puy agreed to. put the mort-| | gauge and then attempted to beat; j down the price on a pretext that the title to, the mortgaged property was | Permitted to remain ut liberty pend- S ting the appeal, is not entitled to be Duluth Youngsters Travel 40 discharged on habeas corpus because , the trial, court, in granting the stay Miles Without Knowl- | tation of the a defendant, lerroncously accepted Chicago Executive Urges) Committee to Seek Dili- gently For a Solution Washington, A 3--(AP)- De- claring the prohibition controversy had produced a “desperate situation. Mayor Dever of ‘Chicago today ask the senate prohibition committee to} ponder seriously whether some effec- tive remedy cannot be devised Me dep ines he tails bed te some homes and damaged other he counseled both drys and wets” to make “concessions” in the public in- terest. Only by guesswork, he continued, | could the number of stills operating, in the city of Chicago be estimated, and a guess of 10,000 would be as good as a guess of 5.000. To invade} private homes in search of home-brew plants, he characterized as an in- fringement on fundamental rights; which he promised never would be! violated in the Illinois metropolis so! long as he remained head of the city government. “There is a time,” he said, “when the people will revolt'even against | legal methods if they become too op-| pressive.” A Serious Condition So serious has the prohibition troversy become in the great citi the mayor told the committee, that public officials no longer are chosen on the basis of their ability, but ac-; cording to their stand on the liquor question, and after they take office| they are forced to give most of their} time to dry enforcement problems to; the detriment of other important me lic business. Mayor Dever frankly conceded that! yin? police from Estevan, he did not know what solution would ‘be most effective, but he said the senate committee would not do ip full duty unless it sought di for = remedy. The witness took occasion to deny a statement by Federal District At | {)'4,02"R®, of Chicago that the ‘torney Olson _mayor’s office was run by a political | machine, but did not further empha- | size his differences with the district attorney. Just before he ‘stand he put in @ good word for the fpommensies given by Olson in hand- cases turned over to the federal sitorin ‘by the city. ey vi Regina, ently! Sask., and which traveled toward the left the an improper or insufficient 1 bond. Committee Decides to Drop the Texas Election Contest at the in y ; not clear, the court held that “it) edge of Parents j would be strange indeed if were compelled to s and j helpless before the situation that is | presented by these fact | Jekyll-Hyde Arran 1 Pointing out th. T | the transaction be Yuluth, April (A) — Roseline | and Joseph Ringhofer, who left for , School Wednesday morning and dis-| appeared, found last night at were as agent for jthe home of their grandparents, Mr. —— iS mehithi he: Minn.,| Washington, April 23—()--Tha characterized it 1 “Doctor J chief of; senate elections committee today un- and Mr. Hyde” arrangement. ctives, who searched fir the chil- | @nimously agreed to throw out the Tommenting on the contention election contest brought against the plaintiffs that they had otte The children we: n to their| Senator Bratton, Democrat, New Me: } payment for the tgage on Janu-} parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ring-! y former Senator Bursum, a Re- , despite t et that n hofer, arriving hot out 2 a, m, . i tions looking to duction in still were un y more rding to Mr. Donaldson, the! after heu Bratton and Written briefs also have been filed, Bursum making numerous charges of election irregularities and Bratton denying them. The committee held that the evi+ dence did not prove a single count brought against the incumbent. A report will be made to the sen- ‘ate early next week, and committee and| Members expect it to be accepted. Auxiliary UnitIs | * Formed at Regan, Des one ries ‘. D., April 23,- A new| given to the ladies and gentlemen American Legion Auxil-| Visiting the new Derby-Smith station- has just been organized at Re-| ery and book store which has its for- an, North Dakota, reports Mrs. Abbe! mal opening tomorrow. —Souve Hurley Conmy, department secre-| will also be given to children b | tween the hours of 2 and 8 o’clock in | month later, the rt held | tically the only eviden j such @ finding is DePu e1 In view of the fact that the s convicts him of an attemp' ud the plaintiffs we do not oon h think it is entitled to much weight. hildren started to walk to Elmer, | ich is about 40 miles from Duluth. | q rides from passing | ve, and got which is about 30 miles t Culver, the storekeep- | e them transportation costs | — nd put then aboard a bus with in- tructions to the bus driver to let , Saskatchewan Fires (yaa. Are Under Control. iis 11 years of age seph is 9. Sask., April ) Prairie fires which have been raging | in the Rouleau and North Portal dis trict in southern Saskatchewan n {the North Dakota boundary — lin since Tuesday, causing three death Puerta property damage, are! | under control. At Rouleau, 800 tons of hay and house, a’barn, a granary and tw horses were consumed while 5 !square miles of hay land was burn Reports received here said th a j persons were killed in the Souris! The Regan unit has been attached | the afternoon. {river area near Portal. j to Quentin C, Roosevelt Post No. 65.1 A most complete and attra | Twelve applicants signed the char-| of stationery, support! w imony.} ‘Thi aR ive line magazines, office su POLICE TO IN TE tor application. | Mrs. (A. H.. Hel-| plies, ‘books, baseball goods, candies, ORIGIN OF THE FIRES rs. F. L, Gendrickson | cigars and soft drinks will be sold. Minot, N. D., April 23.--()—Pro-! ected president and secretary,; ‘C.G. Derby and J. B, Smith are the Sask.,| r "| proprietors. The store is located at are probing the origin of a prairie! | fire which was started on the north| {side of the Souris river, near Pinto, | 216 Broadway. | ‘aqanacctinpciipitciiltaieeiaeea _| Reverend Howard Is | Named Archbishop of Oregon City Rome, April 23.—()— ~ Pius has appointde the Right Rev. award -D. Howard of Davenport, Iowa, eae of Oregon City, si Archbisho; Alexander Cl Bishop Howard's at present is to Bishop James Davis at Penaris of an Oil Strike at Robinson Said to Be Untrue Jamestown, ND. April. 23,—()— | Reports of an oil strike at Robinson, are unfounded, investigation by lo- cal interested parties shows. In fact those interested in the Robinson de- velopment here assert that drilling} lat there is now temporarily halted awaiting a shipment of casing. ‘international boundary, burning! two houses, several head | of live stock and destroying other | property, according to a dispatch to {the Minot Daily News. John Lancaster, a farmer, lost his house and barn. A son who was con- fined to the house @ broken leg was rescued barely in time to save ie life. Many horses were scorched Wy 50 ‘badly that they had to be shot,