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EAPO R AMA SE aS eS ee Se ee AB MEAD AS 10 BIA Bam ts ¢ PAGE TWO COMMISSION HOUSES MUST. FOLLOW LAW Tax Commissioner and Dep-| uty Holding Conferences i at Minneapolis Efforts to effet radical changes in their methods of reporting their Dusiness for income taxes are being made today by State Tax Commission er TH. H. Thoresen and C. J. Lynch, tag@deputy in his pffice, in confer-! ences at Minneapolis with officials | | | of.various commission firms. **Thoresen contends that the v ous commission houses have not bi seperting in accordance with the) tate law and that North Dakota has} Jost thousands of dollars in taxe a tliereby. Unless some agreement can erreached he threatens drastic meas- | ures to force them to obey the law.| > s°Many Houses Ignore Law “The state law provides a method pf making an account to the state] for ‘come tax purposes,” Thoresen | ga, “and many of the commission) douses with their main offices in M1 nneapolis have ignored it. Follow-| ing appeals.from this office they have! ymised to conform to the law but ve never done so. These confer- s, I hope, will bring us to a definite understanding on the matter.” *"One firm which recently reported in strict conformance with the law 7 a tax $1,100 greater than it would have paid if it had qeported as most of the Dthers do, Thoresen said. On this hasis he estimates that the state is; Qosing thousamds of dollars annual = In his conferences with the con nission men Thoresen will endeavor Jo arrange for the collection of back taxes since 1923 when i: went into effect. = The law grants wide powers to the tax commissioner and unless the commission men agree to abide by the jin the tity today. the present) , Jaw he may arbitrarily fix the tax at 100 per cent higher than they normally would pay, on the ground that their returns were incomplete. thereby forcing them to show their hooks in court in order to evade the high assessment, Thoresen said. August Biceigel - Plans to Build = Four New Houses < Four new residences will be built ih Bismarck during this fall and early next spring by August Biceigel, it @as announced today. Mr. Biceigel has purchased the lots at the corner of Thayer street and Washington venue, and the first of the four bungalows is already under construc- tion. The others will be built on the adioining lots. Mr. Riceizel hones to be able to get tivo of t= houses completed this fall, and will build two more next year. ta Heirs and y entley, Deceased, in the County of Burleigh and Stat @f.North Dakota, and by virtue of 2 Tentley. a quit claim ord in’ the of De and Sta ofa ofthe s: the said derd now ti lersigned, residing 4 nship, postoffice address, of Burleigh and st: forth ‘ota, if presented to me within (6) six months from CE TO CREDITOR: th tter of the Insolvenc the Farmers and Merchants State bank, Driscoll, North Dakota. ‘Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned, 1 ismarck, I d th Dakota. as RK mers and Merchants State Bank, Driscoll, North Dakota, to the credi- tare of ‘said insolvent’ bank and to persons having er of the nad file them with t uchers, with the undersigned re- eaiver at his office at Bismarck, ithin four months after the first lication of thix notice. If sald claims are not so filed, they will be harred from any participation in any dividends which may be pald by the Recelver from the uxsets of sald in- solvent. bank. Dated, July 26, 1926. L. R. BAIRD, Receiver. First publication on the 37th day of duly, 1926 T—2T “8—2-10-17 Bt JANFTOR Linden School District No. 28 of ving, Burleigh County, North Da- kota, will receive bids for a janitor forma~period of nine months com- mencing pmaney . 1 _ Successful bidder to furnish a sat- igfactory bond to guarantee fulfill- meut of contract and proper opera- n of heating plant. Bids will be ved, up to and including August th, 2 District School Board reserves the 8. WBENt to reject any or all bids. E ‘J. D,HOAG, District Clerk, %-27 daily CALL COAL BIDS “Linden School District .No. 28 of Bing, B h Kota,’ will receive, bi 1" to deliveted: in suld District as ot y ‘Approximate amounts, needed, for a) ‘ol No. 1, 12@ tons: for Schoo) : be 30 tons, and for School No. 3, Guccesstul bide “to furnish « i to guarantee fulfijiment of con- will be ing August itriet School {| Net operating income before depree: | Capital tures on a canvass as vai pire. “The Greater Glory” is a memorable achievement. 8 one of the sin- cerest screen works of art ever pru-| | duced. | AT THE CAPITOL The last showing of “Flaming Wa-; ters,” the big Asuciated Arts pro- | duction which is thrilling audiences at the Capitol theatre, will take place today, and those who have not seen this epic of the oil fields had hest make arra@gements to attend. The story, by E. Lloyd. Sheldon is replete with sensationalism, and not the least | spectacular of the “Punches” in the picture is the river of fire which descends on the flood from the res- ervoir in the last reel, demolishing as | it goes and threatening to engulf the | principal characters in the picture. | Fred Myton did the adaptation und F. Harmon Weight, who made a name for himself with “Drusilla With Million,” directed. The cast, which |ineludes Maleolm McGregor, Pauline re {Garon, Mary Carr, John Miljan, | HERE ON BUSINESS {Johnny Gough and Mayme Kelso, *, Hartman, cashier of the Tut-j well balanced and particularly able. ‘e bunk, was in the city today | = REX THEATRE on business. Only two survivors of savage mas- sucre live to tell of the raid made by Si Wind and his band of In- dians on 4 wagon train er route from Two Forks to Ft. Badger. While reconnoitering one evening before supper time, Tom Cullen, a pony express rider who -s accym- panying the wagon train, narrowly excaped death by an arrow shot by ‘one of the hostile Indians. He quick- ly warned the members. of the wagon train of their danger, and almost b fose they could make any prepar: tions, they were encircled and sav- agely’ attacked by n huge number of reds The pioneers, protecting themselves as best they could in the circle, were using the wagons as a breast works, returned the fire of the Indians with Breat courage. Almost all of the pionears were killed with the exception of Cullen ond his sweetheart, Sally Madison, who pretended to be dead when the Indians began their search of the wagon train after the attack. They attempted to escape, but were cap- tured and taken to the Indi camp nesrby. When they eventually escaped from the Indian er? is but one of the countless thrilling episodes in the WAGON TRAIL, which will be shown | for two days only at the Rex theatre, beginning tomorrow. Too Late To Classify NTED—Middle aged woman at! nce to go.on a ranch to do general house work. Smali family. Modern: house, Permanent if satisfactory.| Inquire 208 Third street. Call 885. FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms. and Hoosier cabinet for sale. 113 Mandan Ave, Phone 637W. . FOR RENT—Two furnished. . light jaunekcening rooms. 517 Second strect. Phone 812J. 'Y OF BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA ‘ment—Operating statement for the fiscal year onding June 30, 1926 ] 1 TO-ENTERTAIN SUNSHINE CLUB Mrs. J. PB. Wagner, 112 Avenue B, will entertain the Sunshine club to- morrow afternoon, = ENTERTAINS GUEST M Donald Nye is entertaining Miss Marvel Birdzel) of New Leipzig at her home this week. MRS. BEST ON VACATION Mrs. L. R.- Best, employed at, the L store, is on a two weeks’ AW vacation, GAN H. Helgeson, cashier of the Re- gan State bank, transdeted business Is ILL TODAY ‘h, receiving teller at the ul bank, is ill today at) his home. E YESTERDAY mons of Kintyre, in the city vi H Mrs. F. A spent Monday friends. VISITING IN JAMESTOWN Miss Roberta Best ix spendin week in Jamestown with frien asada cual | AT THE MOVIES |; —_—_—_—__ ELTINGE THEATRE Anna Q. Nilsson, Conway Tearte,| May Allison, Ian Yeith, Lucy Beaumont and Jean Hersholt scale al heights in “The Great- clossal sereen epic, to be shown at the Eltinge Wednesday and Thursday, “The Greater Glory” is an_adap- tation of the celebrated novel, “Viennese Medle: which was writ- ten by Edith O'Shaughnessy, wife of an American diplomat in Vienna. The stirring episodes in the film. produc- tion are authentic, hTe noted author: lived through them all. The picture traces the fortunes of Vienna, once the gayest city of the rieee Austrian empire, through the jean days during’ and after the war. The story centers in a fine old Vien- ess lived through them ail. peonled Vienna when it was the pride of Eufope. Food riots, air raids, ing off to the front a the American relief it with poignant drama. The picture is made on a tremendous sca Sune Mathis has painted her glowing pic- « Water Works Depa Operating Income: Water Sales, Metered Water Sales, Flat Rates and Mi: Water Sales, Hydrant Rentals .. Mise. Sales, Labor and Materials Interest on Bank Balances and Pen Less udjustments and Bad Accounts .. General expense .. Depreciation Net operating in Non-operating it Interest on Bonded Debt Net Income ... rE Amcunt Applicable to H et Income ved for depreciation Less Invested in Property ......... rn Se Required for Retirement of Bonded Debt; M. HA |. ATKIN IN, City Auditor. Wator Works Manager. ry CK, NORTH DAKOTA Auditor's Statement of Receipts and Disbursements. April 1 to June 30, 1926. pega Balanes Salanee on Fund Maintenance and Operation Retterment .... Fire Truck ... Interest and Sinkin ° Water Works Construction - Disburse. $23,773.42 3,097.19 None 125,991.51 517.18 SALE, SNH 143,379.10 49,517.59 General Taxes e Special assessment ta: Attorney and general licen’ Burleigh County aid for poor Detention hospital collections Police Magistrate fines . City scales collections | Swim ig pool collections 2 per cent insurance premiums Interest on securitie: ef Interest on bank Miscellaneous State of North Dakota} County of Burleigh bas. |. M.A. Atkinson.\City Auditor within and the City of B + Burleigh County, North’ Dakota. do hereby certify that the forenoing: te & true and correct statement of the receipts aad. disbursements and the ‘gource of receipts of said city from April 1 to June 30, 1926. Witnessgny. hand. and the seal of the City of Bismarck thi and, ¥ july, 1926... (BEAL) _ : “A tichioney ) : City, a We have a surplus of the following. and will sell at greatly reduced piven: perinaiaed wi8 oe Gil trays, complete with bottles, $3.60 per set. Oil pumps, $4.50 each, Mee) - One. 150 1 truck: ith two corapart- Funnels, faucets and many other useful articles. COSSACKS WITH 101 ENJOY LIFE Parshatt Loses ae to Turtle Lake| Turtle Lake, Aug. 3.—Turtle Late a heed won another easy victory in a twi-| ™ | light game 6n the home diamend Sat- Parshall getting ‘thé: short jend of an 11 to 1 score. Tw wild hrows in the first inning gave: Par- Gexelischen, on held the Parshallites to four hits, while the Otson and Lienhart did some mighty work with their old war clubs, Olson ob- | taining three doubles and two clean urday, hall its single run. he mound for the Lakers were gathering in 17. singles in five times up, while Lie hart found Langehoug! | run, two doubles and a sin, The box score: Parshgit Anderson, cf. .... | Klein, If. Irick, 1b. . Glowozewsk; 3 Lp & El wcsucscoo™ Gis pmnne S®tmource Poland, rf. Langehough, p.* Totals . moooconnom = mews Lienhart, Boehm, Ib. . \esellschen, p. Kusler, 3b. .. Weinberg, rf. Lynch, If. Totals cos . 41 17 27 Innings Parshall .... ++ 100 000 000— Turtle Lake . Summary: Struck sellschen, 7; by Langeh: on balls—Off Gesellschen, Langchough, 1. Three-bagger-— Boehm. none No, this is not a Delacy Street but- tonhole maker gone amuck. It is one of the Cossacks “riding fools” with Miller Brothers’ 101 Ranch Real Wild West and Great Far East, coming to Bismarck, Saturday, August 14, and he's perfectly at home and happy. thank you. The Cossacks, members of the Imporial Russian Cossack Circus, the big new feature of the show, ‘arc enjoying life with the biggest of all wild west shows. They are in keen competition with the cowboys and riders from every land, and they come off well in the daily There arc{ six hundred horsemen with 101 Ranch, and never was there @ more pic- tusque host. The Imperial Cossack! Olness. band will be one of the six in the| ber. street parade 101 Ranch show day forengen. Sullivan Awarded Slane Slonwese In the coldest parts of Siberia a inbow may sometimes be seen ali day long in a cloudless sky. This, is supposed to be due to the reflection ef the sun on fine particles of enow, in the air. filling the. road bets Things Look Bad for H th It was ‘Bunny Moore’s vanity case that was‘used to make up the face of the‘beautiful Myra Heath. Myra had never used cosmetics in all-her life, but when she was found murdered she was weirdly beautified with rouge and lip-stick. ae ; Also, there was this cireumstanee— There was a scenein the Heath int aes atv . with Myra’s husband. If you —— Additional Sports. for a home Pénueesends= . 330 202 Olx—11 out—By Ge- jough, 5. nope Home run—Lienhart. Two-baggers —Olson (3), Lienhart (2), Klein and Gesellschen. Double play—Johnson to Olson to Roehni. Errors—Olson and Umpires—Shubert and Hu- Grading Contract P. F. Sullivan of Bismarck was| ¢gj; i awarded the contract for grading and tainable elsewhere.) Write F. L, ween sections 14 want to id 23 ond 15 and 22, Apple Creek \§ township, at the regular monthly | bineeting of the Burleigh county com- missioners today. His bid was -fon | being $1,400.76, . There were three other bidders on the job, as fellows: H. A. Thomas, Driscoll, $2,068.55; C. W. Scott, Re- . i & Voight, Bis- ch, $2,081.72. The balance of today’s cession, wa: devoted to routine work and the con- sideration of bills.; Babe Ruth Gets an Ultimatum Detroit, Mich., Aug. 3—()—If George Herman Ruth, sirdar of swat, does not appear in justice court at Brighton, Mich. Sat- urday to answer to charges of fishing in Michigan waters with- out:a license he will be arrested at the American league ball park here the following Monday So said C. B. Wilkinson, conserva- tion officer for Oakland and Livirigstone counties, today. When the Yankees were hora in June Ruth joined a fishing rty oat Islnd Inks a While he and Pat J. Sexton, De- troit, were fishing trom tne nor tel porch, a deputy game warden seized their tackle and a string of 25 fish, some of which, he said, were undersize bass and blue-gills. i | THE SUCCESSFUL Ask Harry Alsop, manager of ° | Interior Lumber Co. line of yards 1| why he recommends Dakota Busi- ness College, Fargo. He'll say: ‘‘I know their methods. I graduated there in 1896, I sent my daughter there. I have just employed my 11th “Dakotan’—Irene Nelson.”” Sam Paper (D. B. C. 1901) now heads his own business. A “*Dakota”’ son is his partner. ‘Their latest D. B. C. employe is Joe Bosch. Watch results. ‘‘Follow the Suc- eeS$ful’”’ Sept. 1—6. Actual busi- ness training. (Copyrighted—unob ‘Warkins, Pres. ,806F ront&. , Fargo. ¥ 18 cents per yard, the total zrice! ‘nt ~encciminsnnesaritte Ng ORS ARREARS Ar TUESDAY. AUGUST S, 1996 ‘Army, and Navy store. My. Siegel will be away about-a week. i k Extraditionvof Ponzi Is Delayed _ Houston, Tex. Aug. 3—().—Heaz- ing on the habeas corpus appli¢ation of Charles Ponzi, wanted by Mi chusetts to serve a seven to nine-:-ar termas a “common and notorious thief,” was postponed until tomorrow when called in district court here today. Following Governor Fergu- son’s order for Ponzi’s extradition yesterday, attorneys for the Boston “finance wizard” aded that they wanted time in which to revise their ' pleas. Crescent Jewelry Company Will Open Store in Bismarc'! J. Siegel le% today for the Twin Vities, where he will superintend the purchase of a stock for a jewelty store which will be opened in Bis- marc abput August 10 by the Cres- cent Jewelry company. Mr. Siegel will be manager of the store. which will carry a full line of jewelry and watches. A watchmaker will be om.) ployed, so that jewelry and watch repair work can be attended to. The jewelry store will be located at 418 Broadway, in store room formerly occupied by Mr. Siegel's Reset teat a's ad Te pate "B.C, REMINGTON City National Banke SPECIAL TRUCK TIRE SALE 32x6 Hood 10-ply casivge with tube, $115.00. / 30x5 Goodyear and Gobddrich casings, slight! used, with tube, $42.50. mols, slettly Special on accessories while they last. Spark plugs, 40c; Stromberg’ shock absorbers for Fords, $9.50 per set. Camp stoves, $4.75; camp cots, $4.25; folding table, $6.50; canteens and water bags, $1.25. We have wrecked a few Fords and have some good used parts. z LOCKWOOD ACCESSORY CO. ) 800 Main street Phone 187 BUNNY MOORE ‘ TN RS ol. tit stery”’