The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 3, 1926, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT INCREASE IN TAX WOULD BE VERY SMALL Community Building Will Cost Only $1.32 Per $1,000 Valuation The average cost to a taxpayer in Bismarck throughout period as the result of the of the $50,000 bond issue for erection of a community —buildi which will be voted on next Tue will be le as compar which this the r city will derive from su it was pointe of the Associa’ the building ¢ that or-! is made thoronch study of the proposition. Accurate figur prepared for the committee by the auditor, show that the average cost per $1,000 of ‘assessed valuation, figured through the 20-year period which the bonds| will run, would be only $1 ‘That | is a Bismarck taxpayer would be r quired to pay an ave n extch $1,000 of pproved | the prpposed y this extra yuld be a present if the bo by the voters building e cost to eac r significa aking into consid n the value ds ne community | to ae d a Py and ig is badly need H to provide a Wace for the state corn show, the automobile show, the poul-| try show, large conventions which) are staying away from Bismarck be cause of inadequate meeting facili ties, basketball tournaments, and to; house Company A of the national | guard and provide meeting places for) the various civic organizations here. The need was forcibly izations here, | here lust winter during the state corn | show and the to show. The bond election calls for the i suing of $50,000 bonds for the pur- | chase of a site and the construction | of the building. The bonds are to bear 5' per cent interest and are to be payable $5,000 in 1921 and $3,000 in} f ‘o 1946, both in- This issue will require a levy of! $2,500 each year for retirement of; It will require for interest each year th average levy interest throughout the 20-year period will be $1,718.75. i} It is estimated that to operate and maintain the building will cost ap- proximately $4,000 a year, although after the building is ready for use} there will be aff: held there from time to time which will bring in some revenue, thereby reducing the mi tenance expe: Using the above figures as a basis! the cost to the ayer for the first five years has been figured as fol- lows: For retirement of bonds For inte For operation and mainten- ance .. This will mean an increase of ap- proximately $1.48 on each $1,000 of assessed valuation shown on the 1925 tax receipt. 20-Year Period Throughout the 20 average cost to th year will be as follo ¥or retirement of bonds For interest on bonds For operation and mainten- ance .. Say $2,500,001 1,718.75 $8,: This figures out as an increa taxes of approximately $1.32 on cach| $1,000 of assessed valuation. The above figures on increases in! taxes o tion are ba e’ valuation not take into a the assessed valuation of the during the life of the bonds, ‘At the rate the city has been grow- ing during the past few years, gre ponents of the community building project say, the total assessed valua tion will probab be so greatly in- creased before t -year period ic} over that the increase in taxes on account of such a building will be much less than the amount quoted above. . Alaskan Railroad Boon to Increased | Tourist Traveling; jaska, June 3—(#)-~ | ilroad was construct to develop the assets of Uncle Sam northern possession but it also h brought satisfaetion to the road’s of- | ficials from another source—tourists. | lestiea Anchorage, ward, on the Pacific Ocean, to F banks in the interior, passes through | ‘one of the most beautiful sections the Northland. Each year ae brought an increasing number of ‘little ;will come intendent of the Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus called on Congress and were given the steps of the capitol with Speak the Princess Loui: welcome. Here h of the House of Repr of Sweden an regular “roy er Longwo' CT ee the prince, left, and the pi esentatives beside them. Just be- hind the Jt is ae Stephen G. Porter of hl ee ‘MODIFICATION PROPOSALS TO BE POSTPONED, | Senate Prohibition Committee) ti Recommends Such Action —Not Unexpected Washington, (P)-—Ind inite postponement of all proposal for modification of the dry laws and} for i June mended today by tion commii wit still i the sen. whic’ h ek a part, but enone cur, | The sub-committe ion did | not surprise the mo introduced sev of their bills as amendments to the administration ; measure for tightening enforcement, now on the senate ealendar. There is likelihood, however, that this to a vote at the present | ~ session. Only three of the five members of + the committee were present when the sub-committee ted. — Th were | Means, Goff, West Vir nd |Harreld, Oklahon all Republic ns. {The other members are Walsh, Demo. ‘ Me nd Reed, Demo- | ler of the wets. = BABE RUTH GE GETS 2 HOMERS TODAY, New York, June 3-—()—Babe Ruth | hit his home run of the season oft Pite Wiltse in the first. in ning of today’s game with the Boston! Red Sox. One runner was on base. eighteenth ¢ efit wallop on his t turn at | in the third inning, and Gehrig in front of him Funds Needed For Bible School Work dents at the daily vacation Bible hool have been asked by the super school to request a small contribution from their parents | to moet the fecessary expenses of | the school. Parents are requested to send the mney with their children or to give it to some officer of the sehoe s been the custom to take a yn at the close the school but son imes thi the necessary amount of mone; {quired to meet expen: The bills for supplies that should be immediately and it is for this reason that contributions are being solicited now. 237 Children at Bible School Today tors, who start the trip with a} * six-day ocean voyage from Seattle! on vessels which maintain weekly, sailings throughout the year. | The entire trip with the exception ve forty hours on the Gulf of Alaska is made through what is known as the Inside Passage, a land-locked route which is described as being as smooth; as a mill pond. Boats at Seward At Seward the trains connect with, the boats, and thence they go north- ward along Turnagian Arm, a bran of Cook Inlet, and through mountains which were once declared impassa- ble. North of Anchorage the Mata n , Susitna and Tanana valley farming districts are transversed. Halfway between Anchorage and Fair-! banks is Mt. ot ‘The ‘trip from Seattle to Fairbanks kes three weeks. From 15. to September 15 there is'no , but abundant sunshine. eTrotedie, brooght the ad- i surgeon whil ot gee on the neater ing to fw McKinley National eral thousand acres rness have been pre- {benefit from the | pany’s daily mileage contest, hi ¢. The recorded this morning vacation Bible school when ren were present. Yesterd: tended. As there are two weeks of the school, parents requested to send their children the opening week so that they may receive full ass will be given Sunday | afternoon, June 13, at the city au torium by the pils of the scho and the public wilt be invited to at- tend. gach moPning one of the local ministers addressed the students at a chapel program. This morning Rev. Paul S. Wright was the speaker. largest attendance so far was at the daily child- 232 at- A program |Woman Wins Lahr Contest Yesterday Mrs. C. D. Kimball, the first woman to win the Lahr Motor Sales com- sur- passed all her male competitor: mak- ing a record pf 44.6 miles pe: the highest\ mileage any ,co has made so far. Duane Diehl had the previous high record with 48.2 to the gallon. contest will close Friday even- |the n fin | sion ed the U prohibition referendum | ap. | 8° | protested that the p! ‘ing is prohibited are near stores with 'Body of One Man |ROAD CONTRACT LETTING DEPENDS ON | BOARD’S ABILITY TO SECURE RIGHT OF - WAY ON SOUTH SIDE OF PENITENTIARY Possibility. that sting of the il from the Kidder coun futu ed Trail Burleigh coun action taken ntracts f mile stretch MeKenzie east line m » ther the of to be let. in completing nent pre ¢ seen today the Bi The cha terson to confer ission and x the in by county commissioners. and the with the the the county state wall south side of the the prison penitentiary and the The the com pinion was expressed among missioners that if right of | way can be secured as desired, so JEMat’ the: ond: leading out of Bismarck ean be kept on the north side of the rail they will be willing to c n tant act for the balance of the re nro venient oe a at Wilton on June 15. for Sislation| of the ordinance which states that automobiles can be parked only in jeertain that city. Some of the ding in Wilton where park- in rmers tri which they wish to do business. r annouced recently that he was going to park in front of one of these stores d leave his ear there for one ich he did, and for which he sted. The case may find its way to the supreme court before the question is finally settled. Caught in Cave-in Is Recovered Today Mont, dane J. Stuart Henderson, shift boss, caught beneath a fall of rock n the West Col Copper Mine was recovered by rescue day, The body, badly crush. found in a stop on the 1,900 foot level of the mine. Henderson apparently had been killed instantly by the cave-in. little hope that. Henry Lap- nd Joseph Langner, tw6 other | entombed with Henderson,: were still alive, large crews of tes-| |cuers were pushing on toward thej other bodies, believed to be close at! hand, i Watford City C Co. Will Sell Stock Permission to sell $100,000 of com-| mon stock has been grt Big Dome Oil and Gas rd City by the state seeurities com.} mission. | The company will drill for | vil on Jenpea 18 OREN DR; in Monta‘ Man in Custody For | “Overcoating” Booze) Grand Forks, ND. D.. June 3-—(#)— | “O ng” rather than oot ies ng” would describe the crime for which.S. A. Sandy of Moorhead, Minn., is now held in the Grand Forks coun- ty jail, according to United States customs offi who arrested him | Wednesday on a Northern Pacific! | train at Pembina. When Sandy's bagi |ed at the border no liquor was found |but “an innocent looking overcoat | hanging on the wall of the car near him attracted the attention of the customs inspector. The overcoat was gxamined and 12 ‘quart bottles of whisky and four Butte, was search- DR.'R. 8. ENGE hy} of work was let to C. gram. Bids “were opened on_two projects a few weeks ago, ona 10-mile stretch from a point five miles east of Bismarck to McKenzie, and the other on a 17-mile stretch t}from McKenzie to the Kidder county. line. The contract for the first piece P. Burnstad of Burnstad and letting of the sec- ond contract was held open, with Mr. Burnstad’s consent, since he was the low bidder. In authorizing the chairman of the board and the engineer to discuss this matter with the highway com- mission and board of administration, the commissioners specified that: the contract for the federal aid project would be held in abeyance until the committee reports back to the board at an adjourned meeting on June 8, The county board opened bids on the grading and graveling of sqven miles of road south. of the Sterling cemetery corner, but the bids were rejected. There were three con- tractors bidding on tl j ce of champagne were found con- in its pockets and sleeves, the Moorhead Man Is Drowned at Detroit Moorhead, Minn. June 1) — Otto Gullard, 35, of Moorhead was drowned when he was apparently seized with cramps while bathing at Dacotah Beach, Lake Melissa, near Detroit, Minn., about 5 p. m. Wed- nesday. Knocked down by heavy waves in a desperate effort to save her hus- band, Mrs, lard was in danger of drowning when her daughter Pearl, dragged her ashore. Gullard, who is a mechanic at a Moorhad garage, leaves besides his widow and Pearl, three younger children, “CAT BURGLARS” London.—Several daring burglaries in the West End suggest the work of a steeplejack or agile chimney sweep In one invasion, the me ee sealed a high wall and climbed a drain pi re along the side of the build In another, a burglar climbed the of a brick bu g, after the style of a “human fly There is no use delaying it ifor the next day. Have your mattress renovated and re- covered at the Bismarck Mat- | tress & Renovating Co. Phone THEATRE Wn. Fairbanks Eva soma “FIGHT FOR HONO. 99 Also 2-reel comedy Tomorrow TOM MIX le} and puts good solid flesh on 5! CAPTORS SEEK LARGE RANSOM) LAWYER SAYS Blind Attorney Tells Police Evangelist’s Kidnapers Want. $25,000 Los Angeles, June 3—()—The story of a blind lawyer that Aimee Zemple McPherson. the evangelis' who disappeared while swimming at Ocean Park May 18, is being held captive hy two men who seek a ran- som of $25,080 today occupied the at- tention of police. According to the attorney, R. A. McKinley of. Long Beach, the men have threatened not only to kill Mrs. McPherson, but todo away with ax.well, if the ransom is nat paid. The lawyer told investigators that the pair came to his office last Mon- day. After assuring themselves that he was blind and could not see them, they told him that they had the missing evangelist and would di liver her for the $26,000 reward re- cently offered by Mrs. Minnie Ken- nedy, Mrs. MePherson’s mother. They MeKinley ‘to ith Mrs. Kennedy. McKinley placed the ‘matter before holice and District Attorney Asa Keyes, and they in turn communicat- ed with Mrs. Kennedy. The latter declared the ransom demand was a hoax, but finally agreed to submit a list of questions, the answers to which the men were to bring from the allegedly captive pastor. Failed to Appear The pair failed to keep an appoint- ment to meet McKinley in his of- fice yesterday but, according to the lawyer, after describing them as grumbling because they have to have the questions answered, McKinley open negotia- i but Mere the dough you know what will happen. Mrs. Kennedy’s questions for the most part call for descriptions of the exangélist’s personal property. FINDING 01 GIVES A NEW CLUE Los Angeles, June 3—(AP)—Deputy sheriffs and forest rangers were dis- patched today to a point in Bouquet Canyon, near Saugus, 38 miles north- east of here, with instructions to comb the hills and search every, cabin and hiding place for a possible clue to the whereabouts of Mrs. Aimee Zemple ~ eased missing evangelist, reh ordered following og fete tat night of a brief note, andioa on a card, which read as follows: ,, They took me to cabin in SHRINE MERTS NEXT YEAR IN ATLANTIC CITY Annual Session of High Ma- sonic Body Will Be Held June 14, 15 and 16 lelphia, June 3.—(4)—Atlan- C was chosen today for the 1927 Shrine convention, Crescent Temple of Trenton, N. J., vhich has jurisdiction over Atlanti Citys, will be host. The annuai ses- sipn will be held on June 14, 16 and 16, Routine business was rapidly dis- posed of and before the ‘session was adjourned @ine die, Judge David W. 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