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PAGE EIGHT ATTEMPT TO GET CLOTURE RULE FAILS Senate’s Action Forecasts Failure of Boulder Canyon Dam Bill This Session Washington, Feb. 26—(AP)— The senate today declined to ap- nly the cloture rule, limiting de- bate on consideration of the Ty- son bill to grant world w: emergency officers the same d ability retirement privileges as those enjoyed by regular army officers. BRAVES ROMP _ OVER MIDGETS LAST EVENING | Local Cagers Pile Up 32 to 11 ' Score to Clinch Second Vic- tory Over Dickinson | Mandan romped to a 32 to 11 vic- tory over Dickinson last night in a game which was hard-fought and at tims showed flashes of brilliancy. [ Mandan News Washington, Feb. 26.—()—The ef- h fort to invoke the cloture rule to|, Digkinson was completely outplayed Nad A le to! ducing most of the game, although limit debate on the filibuster-ridden there were times when the Midgets Boulder Canyon dam bill faiied today | would work the ball down under the in the senate, forecasting failure of | basket—only to fail to drop it in. the bill itself for this session of| , Missed shots were equally a Man- congress. dan and Dickinson jinx. Many ap- ‘A two-thirds majority would have | Parently sure shots would roll around been needed to invoke cloture, andthe rim of the hoop and then fall out the roll call showed the bill's support- ers 29 votes short of the number needed. Only 32 senators voted for cloture, while 59 votes against it. | With less than a week remaining | before final adjournment and with| the Arizona sgnators prepared to! eontinue indefinitely the filibuster| that recently held the senate in its first all night session since war | days, supporters of the bill see little | hope that it can be brought to a vote. | Senator Frazier voted for cloture | and Senator Nye voted against. CLOTURE PROPOSED FOR PROHIBITION MEASURE. Washington tion of the cloture rule to limit d bate and insure action on the ad- m prohibition reorgan- ization bill was proposed in the sen ate today by Senator Jones, Republi can, Washington. The Washington senator asked that the drastic rule be brought to curb the who have prohibition bill to des . ing days of the session. In deciding on that course, ate dry leaders adopted 4 vocated persistently ion began. by his associate eague. It was the in the Anti-s fourth cloture petiti within days. Thr st be dispe of before prohibition proposal can come up. By that time the end of the session will be but a matter of hours, ané the wets are hopeful that they’ still can block action. two-thirds vote adopt cloture _ petitions. would be limited to one hour b: seantor. is required to De ec ach Walks 28 Miles _ to Take Part-in Checker Tourney — | | | Basketball and football may be all right for some people, but checkers is a “real” sport, says John Melick, farmer living north of here. Melick, according to friends, tramped all the way from home, 28 miles away, to Bismarck February 21 to catch a morning train for Jamestown where the state checker tournament was held. He started at midnight and reached Bismarck at 8 o'clock the next morning, tired and footsore, just an houre before the train left. At the tournament, he won sixth place. “I did it for the good of the cause,” he told friends. Nuessle and Divet Give Addresses at Men’s Club Meeting “The Business End of the Church” was the subject of a talk given last evening by Judge William Nuessle the men’s club dinner at the Pr byterian church. Judge Nuessle dis- cussed the every-member financial drive of the church, which is to be | held in March. A. G, Divet of Fargo gave the prin- cpa address of the evening, telling of the lives of George Washington | and Abraham Lincoln. “The greatest tribute we can pay these men,” Mr. Divet said, “is to learn their maxims, and to heed their advice and to put into effect in our lives their ideals.” Dr. H. A. Brandes, president of the club, presided. .Harold Shaft was chairman of the program committee. The next meeting of the club will be held March 25. Ice Moves Out of Heart River Friday Ice in the Heart river broke up and moved down to the mouth of the river, where it empties into the Mis- souri, Friday, according to O. * Roberts, in charge of the weather bureau here. While the ice in the Missouri river at Bismarck shows no signs of break- ;1ing up as yet, word has been receiv- ed from Fort Bention that the river opened there Thursday, Mr. Roberts states, and he advises persons living along the banks of the river in this jend of the first quarter came, the } . The box score: or else miss their mark entirely. Dickinson several times during the game showed promise of what really could be done by executing the plays smoothly, taking the ball down with- out any trouble and making the bas- et. The majority of the time, how- ever, Dickinson was badly disorgan- ized and failed to work smoothly. Maule was a consistently hard worker for Dickinson, playing in a quard position until the fourth quar- ter when he went out on fouls and is went Heidt missed his iling to make any of the Hottted him, although he Id goal. Brown was the h point man and the star for Dickinson. He amassed nine of his team’s eleven points and proved to be the biggest threat to the locals. Mandan's game was smooth and fast all the way through. When the a fie’ to 2, and at the half, 12 » third quarter's end saw aves steadily increasing their lead and the score was 24 to 8. Seconds Go In During the latter part of the fourth |quarter, Coach L. C, MeMahan pulled the first string men and gave quad men a chance to show vhat they could do. The youngs played Dickinson on practically even | terms and gained two points through from the center of the shot by Stevens. Jd and MeDonald did good work in forward positions, Seit: ing 11 points and McDonald thr Rorresen did his usual good work center and Heidt, Helbling, Morris! and Wagner in guard positions kept up the Brave standar Mandan ‘GFT 21004 o1 0 0-0 1 1-10 0-0 0 rm TF 1 Jarvis, f. o | McDonald, f. R. Dietrich, £. 0 |W. Russell, 'f. 0 | Borresen, : 6 Williams, ¢. Heidt, x. Helbling, ¢. | Morris, g. oa r: Brown, f. Heidt,’ f. Rabe, c. | Reynolds, c. 5 9-1 8 Referee, Kratz: timekeeper, Thomp- son. i | Times out: Mandan, 8; Dickinson, 2. |Southwest Tourney Being Held Today rs In New Leipzig Gym sight teams: Brisbane, Bucyrus, rson, Elgin, Flasher, New Leipzig, hields and TI n are competing for championship honors today at New Leipzig, where the southwest dis- trict tournament of the consolidated \wraded high school league is being held. | Preliminary | games were played | yesterday, two in the afternoon and two in the evening. The four win- ning teams played off the semi- finals this morning and the cham- | pionship will be decided this evening. Fred Luessen of the New Leipzig public schools is in charge of the tournament, | Richardton Quint | Given Invitation to Catholic Meet The Catholic high school team of AcearQwu nas been invited to enter the National Catholic Basketball tournament at Chicago March 17, ac- cording to Associated Press dispatch- es received here today. * Loyola University sponsors the meet each year and sends invitations to representative Catholic school teams throughout the country. Richardton is regarded as having one of the best teams in the north- west, university officials said. ‘Lightnin’? Will Be \c flour 3) is a brother in Indiana, who has been notified. TIME CHANGE | WILL COME UP | IN COMMITTEE Opponents, Proponents of Baird Bill Invited to Appear Before Committee Tonight Action on the West Slope’s time change bill/cheduled for yesterday by the state affairs committee of the house, has been postponed until this evening at 7:30, L. L. Twichell, com- mittee chairman, said today. An open hearing was to have been held last night and opponents and proponents of the bill were invited to express their views before the com- mittee, but they failed to take ad- vantage of the invitation, Twichell said. The meeting tonight will be thrown open to those interested in the bill and they ure asked to be at the com- mittee room in the basement of the Eltinge theater building at 7:30. | The vill, sponsored by Senator L. R. Baird of Dickinson, would place western Dakota in the same time range as the rest of the state. If passed, it would go into effect July 1. It has already passed the senate. Baird declared, in introducing the Hl, that “westrn Dakota people are tired of having an hour less evening daylight than the eastern folks. We want to play golf in the evenings, too.” “TRADE DAY’ IS. SUCCESS Hundreds Throng Mandan to Participate in Prize Con- tests, Attend Meets Although the temperature was | somewhat lower today and a few flurries of snow fell, the wintry wea- ther did not decrease the number of visitors to Mandan for the city’s fourth Good Will Day. Offered as sweepstakes prizes for visitors were ten 50-pound sacks of and four pound sacks of sugar. Individual prizes numbered well over 75, 754% Promvtly at 1 o'clock this after- noon, crowds gathered around the \"Judges’ stand” at the Chamber of Commerce corner, where prizes were jbeing awarded. ‘Sweepstakes prizes MONEY TO LOAN ek City Property Representing Eaton & Eaton Financial Correspondents ‘The Unton Central Lite Insurance Co. City National Bank Bulléing |were given away at the stand, but individual prizes were found in local stores, Lucky numbers were pasted in the windows. 5 A conference of farmers was held at the Elks Hall at 3 o'clock, with County Avent R. C. Newcomer and othrs speaking. Plans for a county- wide tuberculin test crive were form- ulated. Personal and Social News of | Mandan Vicinity | e—_______—____——-« TO CONTINUE ADDRESS Dr. S. F. Halfyard, pastor of the Methodist church,s will continue his discussion on “What Can We Be- lieve” at'the Sunday evening service. The subject was announced for this Sunday when members of the congre- gation, o heard Dr. Halfyard’s ad- dress a week ago, asked that a more detailed statement be given of Bruce Barton's book. MASONIC CLUB DANCE winter months. At the conclusion of the evening a refreshment course was served. | LEAVES ON VISIT | Miss Marguerite Lish left last eve- ning for Kansas City and Chicago, | where she will visit for a month with | relatives. iiss Lish, who nas been! employed in the Northern Pacific! roudmaster’s office in Mandan, will! be transferred to Glendive on her| return. | REPRESENTATIVE CO-ED Miss Eara Belle Thompson, Man- | dan, a student at the state univer- sity, was chosen the most represent- ative coved in track at a recent mect- | ing of the Women’s Athletic associ- | ation, TO ROCHESTER Mrs. Michael Knoll has gone to Rochester, :sinn., where Mr. Knoll is a patient at a hospital. He will un- dergo an operation today. TO HOT SPRINGS i Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ripley have| gone to Hunter’s Hot Springs where they will spend several days. URCHARDSAYS REPORTS WENT 10 COMMISSION | : Statements Were Mailed Reg- ularly, Addressed to Sec- retary, He Claims Whether monthly reports of the operations of the state mill and ele- vator have been filed regularly with 7 the-state industrial ‘commission by F. F. Burchard, accountant, appointed by Governor A. G. Sorlie, was the question presented to the house state affairs committee this morning. Repeating before the! committee, Burchard said he had filed reports monthly for the last 18 months. Prior to that time, he said, he cer- tified to reports by K. C. Nelson, mill auditor acting for the industrial commission. Burchard said he mailed the reports regularly, addressing them to the sec- ae of the industrial commission ere. John Gammons, industrial commis. sion secretary, said he has never received the Burchard reports but that he has received those submitted by. Nelson. ‘ The question was raised in connec- tion with consideration by the com- Members of the Masonic’ dancing! mea club and their guests were enter- PARENTS OF DAUGHTER tained last evening at the Masonic] Mr. and Mrs. John R. Culligan of temple at an enjoyable dancing par-| Sanger are the parents of a daughter ty, one of a series held during» the| born on Monda: Lent This Man Buying More Real Pleasure With His Dollars? “T'll tell you why. bought a Ford,” says a good business man. “‘I get a bigger ‘kick’ out extra money on my home. Drivin; a Ford gives’ me $200 to $300 MORE every'year to spend on nice furniture, draperies, rugs, pictures, Ad book: If you haven’t actually ridden in one of the improved Ferd models you really don't know what thé Ford car is today. COPELIN. MOTOR COMPANY Phone 318 ey Authorized Service Staticn and | Distributor for EXIDE BATTERIES EXIDE BATTERY PRICES 8, BY CLOYD F. WOOLLEY of spending the Bismarck, N. Dak. One of the factors vance in three years’ time—has been the recognition of ing formance and appearance between “50” and the only four other four. cars of large production. size, the cylinder B: the simple process f a mental comparison of the “50" with these four other fours, the public has discovered in the in C mazing ad- difference te fall Chrysler “50” ele- ments of progressi in such striking con- trast as to comspel -adectélon in favor of the Chrysler “50”. Coupe *750 Roadster *750 (Rumble Seat Extra) Coach *780; Sedan *830 (Illustrated Above) f.0.b. Detroit, subject to current Federal excise tax* All Chrysler cars are protected against theft under the Fedco System. . . + Cl dealers are in position to extend the convenience of time payments. CHRYSLER ‘SO Corwin-Churchill Motors, lnc. , Bismarck, N. D. © mittee of a fesolution offered in the house yesterday by J. H. Burkhart, Ward county, minority floor leader, in which he asked that the industrial commission report whether or not the Burchard reports had been received. The resolution declared that.they had. The house yesterday ed a reso- lution offered by C. . Freeman, Grand Forks county, in which the governor was asked to file his re- jorts and also to explain to the legis- Ticaes why the losses at the mill were approximately $200,000 greuter in 1926 than in 1925. \ Burchard pointed out to the com- mittee that Nelson is an employe of the mill and, that the governor had a right to avail himself of the reports made by Nelson if he so desired. The committee adjourned without taking action after a session of sev- eral hours. en p Full-sized, with ample family seating capacity; 50 miles and more an hour; 5 to.25 miles in 8 seconds; 25 miles to the gallon. (and upwards) 798 CHRYSLER MODEL NUMBERS MEAN MILES PER HOUR “In the whole 41000 field you cannot find a car Ford, Chevrolet, Star and Overland . 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The play is being presented at New Salem under the auspices of the American Legion, in the new com- munity hall, recently finished. A dance is to be held after the play, with a six-piece orchestra play- ing, and refreshments are to be served. A number of Mandan people are planning to drive to New Salem to see the production. ‘Flasher Pioneer | Dies Wednesday Funeral services for James Me; pioneer who die Wednesd: will be held | Neha with the I. 0. 0. F. ritual | used. 4 Mr. Meyers was 71 y old and was a member of the Flasher 1. 0.| O. F. and Rebekah lodges. The only known surviving relative We also carry parts for and repair all makes of genera- tors, starters, magnetos and distributors. We use 4 Malm Service Station 112 Second St. Dodge and Maxwell ...................0...+ +. $25.00 genuine parts. only ~ which even approaches it _in precision construction” Oakland Six, $1 $1295. Bodies by Fisher. A\ Ree Siesta ha Genwal ewes Tine honest ‘Stair Motor Co Bismarck, North Dak mpany ota