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CHOOL BOARD IS UNDER FIRE Officials at Virginia, Minn., Charged With Making $425,- 659 Illegal Expenditures : St. Paul, July 2 .—(P)-—Conduct of affairs of the independent school dis- trict of Virginia is severely cized in a report by Garfield state public examiner, made late yesterday ted out and excess of criti- Brown, public] § umerous illegal expenditures are isburse- mists over receipts in the building fund, amounting to $425,659 period of seven years, is noted report, Werk Private Interests Mr. Brown two members of the school h tions of the board. he port says, is only a par bers of the board are A. chairman; Oliver D. Francis P. Johnson, trea Frasa, Jalmer Johnson Hanson, and a The latter was appointed t on ceed Jay Olof Bergeson, former oe t man, resigne’ | ds ‘Fa CROP OUTLOOK aid. bushels s poor but the ry at 18 to bushels an a have helped dispel the in that regard than it was a zgo, Rishworth said. He still for a “better than average” er Stark Cuts Much Hay An excellent hay crop is bei! in Stark and Dunn counties, H. reports from the west centgal MGR ct the state. He says that sbanring Mme fail and rust the crop will be % large as ever was r ed in weste r North Dakota. Some red rust is in| sight but conditions continue favor- ple. Corn still is very late and ill not ripen unless weather ly favorable, he said. und Benson countie: cutting an especially fine er sweet clover hay, He es average year in that s s been no rust d as_been unfav bh cent. shown in a schedule which, the re al list. r of and the crop is in better condition | ates that this will over a in the also points out. that board have had private interests in transac- i In another in- . he shows that expenditures chdol funds for the benefit of of one member and a former member hi made. ghty-one illegal payments are Mem oO suc chair IS FAVORABLE, REPORTS SAY (Continued from page one) Corn placed Winds rust week looks ‘op. ng cut Leutz 1, part is un- tion. Jamage and le for id im i Althous sting that it still is too early to ec urate esti of crop yields, Miller at 10: to 20 to 40 by Co said, w Commenting on the general pects Miller said they are t and most y encouraged, it looks and price in year great es off ners, He are If the crop s and stock, in his district rn, he pros- “best el- shold mprove times will | ; Was Jack’s Blow 5 that , are in excellent condition, ome building is reported in the 4 various districts, the reports indi- cate, but ers throughout the state generally are awaiting the out- “ome of the crop before launching tat improvement programs. Exceptions to Rule A couple of ——o | Billy Evans Says | ¢--—___—___ —?+ Unquestionably this is the era of powerful home s far towards a win- ner, However, th are two 4 clubs, the Chicago Cubs and eball's greatest The Cubs ting averag while Washington holds same position in the American, Cubs, some 15 points less than tional, W. the Yankee: Fy ete <sait excellent, pitching, the y backin tion style, up the pitching in New York is distancing rest ‘of the American Lei field because it major Wash- ington, who are disproving the ac- ynted belief that a good offense is s of the National League, down the . The Wash- ifyton, are out in front in the Na- hington is runner-up to These two clubs have been favored Cubs ticularly, and they have obliged sen: the ague > has excellent pitching, a good defense and a phenomenal _ offense, Ruth and Gehrig. | These One-Run Wins »Second div lot of games featuring mn ball clups lose a y one run) and, inei- dentally, they usually come out sec- ond best when a contest extra innings. It is custom are constantly being beaten by ing the blues ubout the upposition never outplaying them one-run advantag Constant singing of the about bad luck often creates t! pression said club isn't as bad fete cred! as saying that clubs which are and gets somewhere. Sa certain weak’ point tl fense as well as “defense goes into to hear clubs that a run tough 8 getting. The it for 0 gain the coveted blues he im- as the secord would have you believe. Right here, I want to go on record | being regularly defeated by the narrow margin of one run are not good. ball | clubs and usually are bud ones. is the club that wins the tight games It To be defeated by one run in majority of games is ewe of of- and very often meting the team is lacking in gameness. ~ ' MANAGES CLUB Now. Dave Robertsgn, former Chicago and New York National League p er, is now manager ot club in the: Virginia League, eb feat Boo di corporat Will Attendorough British Royal Horse : ae 415: pounds with. hi: Guards rece the Norf of the ied SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1927 i | 1 '$00 ORDERED pi Creditors of Shut Banks Get Money) Dividend payments to creditors of | three closed banks were. announced today by L. R. Baird, state bank receiver. A ten per cent dividend to creditors of the Menoken Farmers’ Bank will be paid “by P. A. O'Keefe, district manager at Bismarck. A previous dividend of 20 per cent already’ has been paid. : A first dividend of 10 per cent will he paid to creditors ofthe State Bank of Bowman, aiso by O’Keefe,| and a 15 per cent dividend wil! be| y to creditors of the e ¢ Bank of Hoople by C. V district manager at Devils TO EQUALIZE LUMBER RATES : Federal Commission Rules Re- vision of Charges on Ship- merts From West Here Was ington,’ July Shi rs in Washing: nd Oregon are en- ne rates on lumber mn the Minneapolis, Ite Ste, rail- Minnesota and the Dakotas that re given to points in the same territory, but on other railrouds, it was held today by the Interstate Commerce Commission. At present, the to the Soo Line points from the west coast per 100 pounds hig ints on other ordered the road in Mon ie to make new rates ef- October equalizing the | Additional Sports ‘ @—- Sanish to Play All Stars Here The prison Ail St of putting a crimp spirations when the north rs have hopes the champion- nia tomorrow ; am comes here | nt to play on the prison diamond. siting aggregation feels con- i ki hard th the in take camp fident that it can fighting into tussle wd of the ected in the big ds when the id. The lineup pr nson, ¢ nnington, Hung 2h Huddleston, 1b Cronin, By Ib MeCnil, rf Pickering, rf Cool, sb Anderson, If Bready «Thompson, p Snyder, Rugge, ef Kelly, p nard, sib Wright, sub arts 1 Foul Is Question Still Argued (Continued from page 6) “TLL BE. FIG b DEMPS| DECLARES i N.C. duly 23.—W)— “I'll be in there fighting,” was the only comment Jack Dempsey would make concerning the coming bout with Gene Tunney as he passed through Salisbury today bound for Calitorni: The former champion was greeted by hundreds here und shook hands ; with many of ‘them. He showed | A throbbing romance of the west — breath-taking mo- ments of suspense — hair- trigger action—all cleverly woven into a vivid story, of the great west! Mack Sennett Comedy “A SEA DOG’S TALE” “Fox News Coming! Monday! ; are members of the org: Se some marks of his fight, a blue and awollen left eye and several stitches | in a cut over his right eye bemg| niost outstanding. With Dempsey were his trainer and Floyd Fitzsimmons of Chicago, ! and a number of friends. GOTHAM FACES SUBWAY STRIKE President of Transit Company Refuses to Meet Union Officers July New York, 23, spectre of another subway strike in New York loomed’ toda | After Mayor Walker ned hold ac of- nference with unio y Hall this afternoon, president of the Inte pid Transit comp: wrote to the mayor declining to at- | tend. Mr, Hedley asserted that the “membership of the Amalgamated A: sociation of Street and Electric Raii- way employes too small to cause any serious strike.” | The employes of the com be- | long to a “common union.” men of the amalgamated organization, which has the backing of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor. declared that 75 per cent of the Interborough employes belong to the Amalgamated. The sititude of the officials of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit company | in regard to attending the conference | today has not vet made known, j he Amalgamated claims that 68 cent of the Brooklyn employes wution. borough per Danford Is | New Orlean’s Mystery Man Has Always Been Thorn in Side of Opposing Clubs— Fast Ball Is Puzzler By BILLY 2VANS) sy ew York, July 23. © forth, ‘now with New ans, continues to be the i of basebail. nce Dave broke into the L yea, at i Athletii Pitcher mediate ments. ‘Th i ng hit the bell as L pitched attempted to learn trickery he re: rs. to nforth wh: +) balls. ‘| Flaskes of Life oe SaaS SAD rted to in throwin ; | THE BISMARCK TRIB batter, either in the majors or min- ors, that Danforth didn’t get the break on his toring it. ‘They ali insist he is a! magician, not a pitcher, Yet, no one! ever authenticaliy exposod his meth- | ods of alleged. trickery, although | scores of solutions have been of-!+ fered. \ Danforth achieved his crentest suc! cess as a pitcher soley through the} use of a fast batl that einsivet; dodged the swing of the batemen. It said he loaded the loosened the cover, abnormal rotg! with the nail on the the bell of his vitching band, which he kept s edged, aso that he led | pitching hand with a solution that enabled him better to g None of these things were e' proved and today Danforth, who hs slipped some, is still pitching, p the ball. * ning ball in the Southern Associ I once used 65 new bells in a game he pitched against New York to | ‘alleged doctor: He lo that game 3-1 but allowed only ‘hrve A triple by Bob Mousel of the Yankees followed (hr bases on | ) (By The Associated Pre: Lowell, Mass.—A lady who startled folks by her reiorm costume 16 / ago, today might be amazed by moderation were she able to came bi on the anniversary and! note girls in knickers, one-piece bath- ing suits and other togs. On July 1851, Avlia Bloomer wore, at a ball a skirt, ending half way be- tween knees and ankles, and trousers moderately full gathered at | the ankles. fhe season is er, British me to swim the channel. Oklahoma Toasts from a hottle of old burgundy to departed embers of Last Man's club, Still- ater, Minn., are disapproved by H. Laughbaum, superintendent of the state Anti-Saloon League as “a bad example to the youth of the coun- try.” One of the three survivors drank from the bottle. two had grape juice. Chicago.—A_ policeman has been expecting to tell Judge A. W* Sim- m posed the judge. mers is thinki when the Judge Sum-! z of pleading guilty same case is heard. Low interest rate and 103, Fourth St. a fast ball past them. 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