The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1927, Page 8

¥ the power plant of the PAGE EIGHT CANADIAN DELEGATION IMPRESSED BY NORTH DAKOTA'S POWER TRANSMISSION ‘SYSTEM AND DEPOSITS OF LIGNITE Editor of Yorkton Enterprise Writes Story Concerning Trip to Bismarck and Beulah —Party . Impressed With Efficiency and Economy of Electri¢ Plants The following story concerning the journey of a group of York- ton, Sask., business men to Bis- marck an Beulah recently appeared) in te issue of the Yorktown; Enterprice: Strongly impressed with the ad. vantages of the transmission sys- tem of supplying electrical energy, the delegation of seven who left on Wednesday last for Bismarck, N. D., to inspect transmission lines i: that state returned yesterday after five days of almost continuous travel. The delegation consisted of Mayor) Stewart, Councillors Hamilton, Milne and Baptist, Town Engineer Steele, Michael Pachal and S. N.! Wynn. Weather conditions across! the border were most unfavorable. Blizzards in eastern Dakota Minnesota tied up and delayed west- bound trains and at Bismarck the thermometer registered 28 zero—the lowest point to which i has dropped in many years. These conditions, by interfering with train connections, shortened the time of the delegation considerably, but every available moment was utilized in’ studying the situation in rth Dakota and the information secured will undoubtedly be of great value to the Council in connection with the’ problem of the sale of the York- ton municipal plant. Welcomed to Bismarck Bismarck was reached about 5 p. m, on Thursday and after a visit to Electric Co. mn system-—the delegation were entertained at dinner at the Prince hotel. This is one of the finest and best sppointed hotels in the west-| p, ern’ states and is the property of Mr. Hughes, wh associated with r Walter hlosser in the forthern Electric Co., one of the companies tendering for the pur- dl of the Yorkton electric sys- tem and franchise. wisitors were welcomed to North Dakota by Governor A. G. Sorlie and among the prominent cit- izens 6f Bismarck who sat down to dinner with them were Mrs E. A. Hughes, president of the Hughes Electric Co. and of the Knife River Coal Mining Co.; Senator Schlosser, who later acted as ‘toastmaster; Captain Halbert H. Noyes, of Fort Lincoln; B. H. Morris, chief en- e:neer of the state railroad commis- sion; O. W. Roberts, federal meteor- clogist of the U. S, weather bureau, G. 4. Renden, general manager fof the Hughes Electric Co. ‘Btate E: rr Schloss. 2 Cai y short.addresses weléoming the dele- gations which Mayor Stewart re- plied, but the address of greatest importange from the standpoint of , the delegation and the citizens of Yorkton was that of Chief Engineer Morris of the state railway commis- sion, dealing with the growth of the high tension power lines of North Dakota and the service ren- dered the state by these power com- ies. “This form of development ad resulted,” he said, “in giving the peoie of North Dakota a largely increased volume of more depend- able and less costly electric power roy had been available before their it. “Most of the growth has taken since 1923 and today the state 8 approximately 3,000 miles of high tension transmission _ lines, mostly of 38,000 volts, 350 miles of new line have been put into com- mission this. past year. These transmission lines have eliminated 125 individual transmission plants, mostly-operated by small gas or o le a ten large munici- 2 plants in operation in 1925 only two remain under municipal opera- placing the power station at the/ mine pit they are in a position to produce power most economically. Assist Development These transmission systems have) been the means of greatly assisting} the development of industry andj business generally throughout the state, a development which will continue to increase as the network of power lines continucs to expand. Inspect Lignite Mine The following morning the party traveled to Beulah, a point some 60 miles from Bismarck, where they remained until the following morn-| ing. Here they inspested the huge| lignite mine operated by the Kniie River Mining Co. and the power} station of the Hughes Electric Ca. and were greatly impressed with the high state of efficiency of both of these huge enterpri: This mine has twenty-five miles| * of track underground and has al coal area of over 3,500 acres. The company estimates that even with the most intensive operation the de- posits are sufficient to last for over] 150 years. The coal deposits are estimated at 120,000 tons to the acre and at the present time the average daily output is 2,000 tons. This one mine produces twice as much coal annually as all of the coal mines of Saskatchewan com- bined, yet Saskatchewan’s deposits of lignite are quite as extensive as those of North Dakota, our climate is colder and the need here is gréat- er for a cheap fuel supply. Lignite Prices Cut When the Knife River Co. began operations some four years ago lig-| nite was beiie; sold in North Dakota at an average price of $3.00 per ton. By quantity production and efficient mining methods this price has been reduced to an average of $1.75 per ton, with the result that practically the entire domestic fuel nya e of North Dakota is now pro- vided by its own mines. The con- sumption of lignite has been in- creased in the past four years from 500,000 tons per annum to 1,500,000 tons, and the importation of coal from outside the state has been cor- respondingly reduced. eople Save Millions in Fuel (€ Power plents and domestic ing plants have all been equipped for the proper burning of lignite which when burned scientifical has proved a very cheap and satis- factory fuel. The Northern Paci Railway, from the Rocky Mountains as far east as Staples, Minn., uses lignite as fuel for all its heavy me- chanically stoked trains ind as a result “a saving of a million dollars @ year-has been effectyu. The sav- ing to the people of the state by the change from more costly fuel to lignite amounts to several millions of dollars annually. Saskatchewan undoubtedly has much to learn from North Dakota in this respect. A couple of hours were spent in the mine by the Yorkton delegation guided by Mr. Hughes and his man- ager. Each member was equipped with a miner’s cap and lamp. and the group \daeitlert a weird sight in the murky surroundings of the mine shafts. They rode to and from the mine in special cars attached to the coal truck trains and heard the sound of distant dynamite ex- plosions as fresh “rooms” were “blown in” in preparation for the miners ‘to start work on the mor- row. Low Labor Costs Next the power station was visit- ed and inspected. Here they saw a 3,000 K. W. unit in continuous oper- ation with two-men shifts, a great saving in labor costs being effected by. mechanical stoking and other la- bor-saving devices, A second unit is about to be installed of 5,000 k. w. capacity, which will produce a larger output than the ‘municipal plant in the city of Regina. When completed this one station will be sufficient to take care of the elec- trical demands of _ twenty-eight towns connected by 700 miles of transmission lines. At present three plants at widely separated centres are providing power for this sys- tem, but, in addition two of these plants provide central steam heat- ing for the business areas of their respective cities. The plant at Bis- marck derives a revenue from the sale of steam greater than its, entire tion, one of which will be taken over this summer. People Well Satisfied “The experience of the railway commission, under whose jurisdic- tion these plants are operated, is that the people generally are pret- ty well satisfied with this kind of service, which is attributed to th fact that the railway commission demands a high standard of con- struction. A reduction in the price of ig Pay power has been effect- ae s that previously ranged 20c to 16c for domestic light] f. ju have been reduced to from 12c to 5¢ rai qd any \ allay, commission ly. declared that the le have the advent of which have service, possible for expenditures on fuel. The twenty-eight towns on the Hughes transmission system are taken care of with a total staff of thirty, the reduction ig labor costs and plant equipment being the principal factors which make it pos- sible for transmission companies to supply electric power at much lower costs than individual plants, wheth- er privately or municipally owned. he delegation arrived back in Beulah at 1:30 o’clock on Saturday and left at 2:30 for home. The in- ‘ormation secured was the subject of ‘many discussions on the home- ward journey and the advantages and disadvantages of the three pro- positions now before the Council were gone into very fully. The Councillors learned much that will be of value in helpitig them to de- termine which particular scheme should be submitted to the vote of the ratepayers; they are still of. an open mind and are prepared to in- vestigate the other propositions just carefully and thoroughly as this one nite decision on this very important and intricate question. eats VERDICT IS AFFIRMED Refusing to upset the verdict of @ Cass county jury which heard the case, the supreme court ad- judged: Ewald Probst the father of supreme court on the ground that the evidence presented to the jury was insufficient to war- rant its verdict. The case was un- ual, it w s said at the court of- that the mother of the before coming to any defi-| iod. BOY AT 6. M. T.6. GETS LITTLE WAR TRAINING But, If War Again Comes, Knowledge Received at Camp | Will Prove Invaluable Following is the last of a series of four articles on Citizens’ Miltary Training camps, such as will be held at Fort Lincoln next summery writ- ten exclusively for the Tribune by Laurence J. Brannen of Philadelphia, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Brannen of this city and a captain in the U. S. Army Xeserve corps: By Laurence hings military are con- * young chap at C. M. T. C. her little. He does get a ledge that might be called He has, when he returns some conception of the service as it might be. He is not entirely ignor- ant of what his army is. He can get an intelligent grasp of the rea- sonable plan of national defense set up by the defense act of 1920. First, he will know the army as it he e many other things, meets the prejudice of those not ac- quainted with it. Such prejudices evaporate on actual contact with the regular service. That parent who wishes his son to have no contact with the service is either unin- formed concerning the army, or doubtful of the stuff of which that boy is made, . Regulars Praised To the regulars. ie men_ of brain: Il and hardihood! They take ur paltry pay and stay put for the love of the service—for the glamour and associ: Ns of it. They give their lives t And you starve the service until today the pressure is too great. You lose the best of- ficers, quarter the men in tumble- downs and let the animals die of old age, for lack of appropriations. The regulars are the backbone of our national defense. They main- tain the bare minimum nece: sary in very great emergency. .Fof ordi- nary national emergencies, they will corne gets kn | spread out to infiltrate the reserve corps, abso-b und train them. The regular, the national guard and the reserve, these are the 1.ain elements under difficulties. It is the way of the guard. Everything come; to c|/them rather econd-hand, but they come through ind deliver when the time ' arrives. Good troops, the guard. Everyone to Be Drafted The plan as it now stands sensibly uses the draft, not allowing enlist- ments. The men in service during war will, therefore, be those who should be chosen to go from the viewpoint of the country’s good. To the regular and reserve forces will fall the task of making soldiers out of the drafts. That is no small task. Then the lads who have been to C. M. T. C. wil have some advantage from their camps. But only IF they are drafted, IF we have a war. Which Got forbid. Jewish Relics Saved In South America Amsterdam, Dec. 19.— (?) — Re- mains of what is claimed to be the oldest Jewish settlement on the n continent are to be pre- by a Dutch-American com- mission of which Prof. Richard Got- theil of Columbia University and Rabbi D. de Sola Pool of New York are members, The remains are situated at Sa- vanne on the banks of the Surinam river in Dutch Guiana, where Portu- guese Jews, fleeing from the Span- ish Inquisition, made a settlement and built a synagogue in 1685. Descendants of the original Por- tuguese Jews who found a safe home in Holland and its colonies still form an exclusive community here, and have largely contributed to Dutch literature and art. Funds are now being collected by them to restore the historic settlement of their race in Holland’s western colony in South America. Decrease Shown In jof December. of defense. The guard is ready, even ; THE BISMARCK TRIRUNE MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1927 35,803,219, an increase of $79,798,- 789 over the corresponding period for 1926. New York led the list of states with Texas, Michigan, Penn- sylvania, California, Louisiana, New. Jersey, Illinois, Ohio and Wiscon- sin following in the order named. North Dakota ranked fifty-first on | the list, exceeding only Alaska: among the states and territories, Just half of the states and terri-| tories showed increases in compari- son with the corresponding period | of 1926, The other half showed re-| ductions. North Dakota Best, Says E. G. Anderson of Gibbs Township “During all of our travel throdgh Illinois, lowa, Nebraska and Min- nesoia, we did not feel anywhere the inducement to a farmer that we have right _here in our own state of North Dakota.” That was the message orought back to North Dakota’ farmers by a North Dakota farmer, E. G. An- derson of Gibbs township, who toured the aforementioned states after attending the International Live- stock show in Chicago the first week North Dakota must still combat the impression that it is the “coldest state of the union,” Mr. Anderson said. “The- ‘cold question’ was in- variably the first question that was fired at us during our trip.” “We want to urge every North; Dakota farmer at this time to begin | laying plans to attend ‘the interna-! tional show next year because it is/ the biggest educational entertain-| ment that is off.red anywhere in| the world and we feel that we de-| rived more bencfit from actual at- tendance than frcm many text books that we have read.” Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were part of the party that attended the jive- stock exposition with the North Da- kota delegation. Jim Olson would like to meet his friends at Klein’s Toggery ? Hands for Eighth \ Radio Bridge Game ah ARE RS OY ° f i | The eivhth of a series of 2( radio auction bridge games will be broad- cast from KFYR, Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 9 p.m. Each game of the series features Milton C. Work and Wilbur C. Whitehead, New York experts, in as: jon with players from other cities in America and Canada, The listeners-in arc urged to have four players ready with cards and to fol- low the game bid by bid and pl:.v by play with the -perts. , Following are the advance hands for game No. 8 Mr. G. H. Levy, of Hamilton, Ont., Canada, “South,” the dealer, holds: Spades Q Hearts K 10 2 Diamonds K 7 4 Clubs K QJ 1075 Mrs. Ells G. Pimm, of Montreal, Canada, “West,” holds: Spades KJ 10965 Hearts A J 8 spot 3 Diamonds Clubs ? 2 Mr. Wilbur C_ Whitehead York, “North,” holds: Spades 8 spot 43 Hearts 9763 Diamonds A Q 10 Clubs 8 spot 43 Mr. Milton C. Work. of New York “East,” holds: Spades A 72 Heaits Q 8 spot 5 4 Diamonds C652 Clubs A 6 tinea Additional Society | OS f ° Miss Anna Monson of Bismarck, who attends Concordia college, Moorhead, Minn., has been selecte as a member of the first soprano section of the A Capella choir, ac- cording to an announcement made by Herman _W. Monson, director of the choir. Miss Monson is a junior of New will enjoy Hoskin Exports From State ‘ ) Exports of merchandise from North Dakota during the second quarter of 1927 were valued a. $112,- 860, a decrease of $55,155 when com- pared with the corresponding period for 1926, figures made public today by the federal department of com- merce show. , First in the order of value of com- modities shipned from the state to foreign markets durine the three- month period was machinery, ve- hicles and parts of vehicles valued at $31,798. Exports of inedible vegetable products were valued at $21,247. These were followed by in- edible animals and animal products valued at $14,407 and by wool and paper valued at $5,092. heat flour, textiles, crude pe- troleum, refined petroleum prod- ucts, metals and manufactures of metals and chemicals were included among the commodities exported from North Dakota during the per- Total exports of merchandise from the United St&tes during the second quarter of 1927 were valued at $1,- To Gurea Happy A gift everyone in the family KODAK’ A Kodak on the Christmas tree means year-around pleasure for your whole family. Do your Christmas Kodak shopping now—a com. plete stock and a thorough knowledge of the Eastman line are at your disposal here. , Aut hic Kodaks are $5 wu; os Brownies from $2 up ns s-Meyer Home of KFYR and Confident : That she has selected the Right Gift for © “HIM” z Wedge at the college and has been a mem- | ber of the choir for three years. ose Miss Genevieve Parsons of this city, who is a student at the Uni- versity of North Dakota, has been named on the song committee for the annual Carney song which will be held in February, and for which the senior class has begin its campaign. ‘ i Miss Stella Hilleboe, a member of the Ellendale Normal school facul- ty, is spending the Christmas holi- days in Bismarck with her sister, Mrs. A, G. Sorlie, and her mother, Mrs. O. B. Hilleboe, at the execu- tive mansion, mstab, who attends yy. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, returned to Bismarck Sunday to spend the holidays with his par- ents, Dr, and Mrs. Wy H. Bodenstab. Miss Clarice Belk will return Wednesday from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, to spend Christ- mas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. contest; J. B: Belk. Miss Emily Belk will go to Jamestown to meet her sister. |. Jimmy Olson has accepted a posi-' tion with “lein’s Toggery during, the holiday season. | ! Ernest Stoudt and William Bina/ of Minneapolis spent the week-end in Bismarck. eee A daughter was born this morn- ing at St. Alexius hogpital to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gagnon. F. J. Graham of Ellendale was a business caller in Bismarck Friday. WAR VETER. NS ELECT OFFICERS Minot—C, J. German of Minot was recently elected head of Post No. 1253 of the «Veterai of Foreign Wars. Other officers elected were: L. A. Gower, senior vice commander; : Burn - Beulah Coal Wachter Transfer Co. Phone 62 Bennie Pederson, junior vice com- mander; F. Otto Gross quartermas- ter; Leo M. Finnegan, trustee for three ye.rr; Wm. P. Brand, trustee for two years; H. Aamoth, trustee for one year; C. 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