The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1927, Page 1

NORTH. OLDEST ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER $1, 1927 Fair tonight and 31 Cold- er tonight. Continued cold Sun. PRICE FIVE CENTS BISMARCK CONTINUES TO GROW DURING 1927 STATE 10 CROWD 26-YR. GROWTH INTO 10 YEARS Two Important Factors Incor- porated Into Scheme of Development NEED MARKETING PLAN Farmers Improve Their Meth- ods and Help Lower Pro- duction Costs Placing the total value of 1927; agricultural roducts of North Da-. kota at $583,433,000 and pointing out that this total is the second largest in the history of the state and almost double that of 1921, the third annual economic review of North Dakota, issued today by the Greater North Dakota association, declares that North Dakota is crowding a normal Hobs ore of 25 years into a jecade. The review points out that during the seven years, 1921 to 1927 inclus- ive, the value of North Dakota’s dairy products biter 64 rh coe hogs 148 per cen! cane and sheep ad woe 320 per cent. * “North Dakota,” the review de- clares, “has incorporated into its scheme of development the two im- portant factors to which the remark- able growth of modern industry is indebted. They are laboratory re- search work and salesmanship. The Nort oe os deat sae og tire the laboratory responsible for search which makes scientific de- velopment possible, and the business forth ta, well as eee of particular types of balanced farming, are providing the salesmanship. ft is a combination that establis! a lel between the development of Rorth Dakota and modern industry. Cites Marketing Needs The association, which has become mar! problem neglected during the past quarter of a century, largely because of the prominence given to the task of age into p ment of newer ions. Yet today it has become one of the most important problems confront- i Inited States. Congress is world, working through the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, has set its committee of business leaders to the task of offering recom- mendations to congress. Farmer organizations United States, acting through its congrom, and with the counsel and advice of informed business men and farmers, gee solve this problem is to ignore history. But the reaaeges of increased pro- duction at lower costs is before the individual farmer for solution. It is in this respect that the farmers of North Dakota come into prominence when statistics of crop value for seven years are si! . North kota farmers are confident that thi nation can measure up to a solution of the national marketing blem Re f Three Sources Cold statistics, furnished in the} ono, accompanying table of North Dakota crop values for seven years, are offered by the Greater North Dakota association to portray the Ie y value of ‘icultural prodyction. is (Continued on page ) Highest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. st wind And Lo! Another Year Has Passed! A smiling healthy youngster enters and a tottering old man leaves, Such is the allegorical description of the passage of 1927 and the welcome of 1928. But we, who give service to the community, proceed along a different path of time. At the threshold of another year we farewell to 1927 and eagerly welcome 1928. And with all the enthusiasm, with all the glad- some anticipation of a new ad- venture, but tempered with the experience of past years, we ad- vance toward that goal: of Good Will that transcends the passing of time. This organization extends to you, for this year and the years to come, an overflowing meas- ure of happiness. Bismarck Tribune Company (Since New Year’s Day falls on Sunday this year, Monday has been designated as the le; holiday and all business activ- ities will be at a standstill on that day. Consequently there will be no issue of the Daily Tribune on Monday.) se LYTLE WAIVES EXAMINATION; 1S BOUND OVER State’s Attorney Charges Ha- zelton Man With Assault , With Intent to Kill Linton, N. D., Dec. 31—(AP)— Arraigned here late yegterday before Justice William Pagel, J. W. Lytle of Hazelton waived examination on a charge of assault and battery with a deadly weapon with ‘intent to kill, and was bound over to the spring term of Emmons county district court, which will convene in May. Lytle, who is held in the Emmons county jail here following his attack upon his wife Wednesday evening, December 21, when he beat her un- mercifully with a steel wagon rod, was ordered by Justice 1 to furnish a $5,000 personal bond or a ,000 cash bond if he wishes to be at liberty between now and the time of his arraignment in district court. The cl placed against Lytle by State’s Attorney Chas. Coventry is the most serious possible, unless Mrs. L dies from the effects of her injuries, and carries @ penalty of from one to 10 years in the state nitentiary. Mrs. Lytle is said to Mogeete along nicely in a Bismarck hospital, where she was taken im- jiately after the attack, with nces of her recovery favorable. Should she die, however, the charge now lodged inst her husband would be withdrawn, Coventry says, and a more serious charge filed. Mardi Gras Bill Posters Coming Here January 7 openi urston, A cing t! on Jan- nnouncing port Weather Report’ . ad TT Te | work, Temperature at 7 a. m. NEW EVIDENGE DISCOVERED IN MURDER PROBE |Police Find Pieces of Canvas and Cord Same as That in Which Body Was Wrapped DOCTOR DENIES. KILLING Handwriting Experts Examine Will Written on Duluth’ Hotel Stationery. Los Angeles, Dec. 31.— (AP) — Sheriff’s al caen ern dug into a tangled clues here added to the which the vict Dr. murder. utors ‘to con- les M. of the Pieces rope, according to the officers, the probable pes of the slaying 8 north rear room of Mrs. Ai by’s home here. It was there » the officers said, that the body was wrapped in the canvas before it was transported to the outskirts of squad continued to lay a bari of questions down upon Dr. McMillan. Alleged discrepancies in his uncer- tain alibi and yet unexplained were cited as points strengthening the state’s iP pagpician's declar- ation “I didn’t kill her.” Will Believed Forged of handwriting experts a purported will of Mrs. Appleby in which she (Continued on page two) DEAD-OFFICER’S PARENTS SCORE NAVAL, BUREAU Accuse Department of Having ‘Crucified Our Dear Boy and His Comrades* Washington, Dec. 31.—(AP)—The navy department was saiey. by ‘the parents of Commander Roy . ones, commander of the submarine S-4, with having “crucified i D mittee, who has demanded Wc. | sional inguiry into the ~ city, where it. was found Mon-|P! ye Meanwhile the sheriff's homicide! numerous facts as} ver: dear | registered Total Value of Farm Products Secon Greetings From Bismarck’s Mayor The present ycar is drawing |] to @ close. We are entering the New Year with the finest spirit of cooperation and under- ee possible, better pre- pared than ever before to meet our problems for the advance- vie and upbuilding of our city. It affords me great pleasure, on behalf of the city adminis- tration, to extend to the citizens of Bismarck and Burleigh County, our very best wishes for a prosperous and happy New Year. Sincerely yours, . P. Lenhart, President of the City Commission NEW YEAR'S DAY 10 BE COLDEST INMANY YEARS Mercury at 15 Below at Noon Today With ‘Somewhat Colder’ Predicted As Father Time cuts the last day of 1927 off the calendar of the ages with frigid scythe at midnight, it is predicted by the U. S. weather bu- Yeau here that the foundling 1928 will be given one of the coldest re- of|¢Ceptions in many years by the Mis- souri Slope. The mercury favored the 15 below mark in Bis: k thermometers during the greater portion of the last 24 hours, -16 being the coldest point reached while at 8 a. m. and again at noon it stood at'-15 with no rospect of going higher and with every possibility that it would sink lower. It will be somewhat colder tonight and on New Year’s day, according 0 the official forecast of O. W. berts, federal meteorologist. Some six weeks latent in its ar- rival, the northwest gale so charac- teristic of the North Dakota winter has finally unleashed -its furies upon the country bordering the 49th par- allel, sweeping out of the Arctic with an average velocity of 14 miles per hour that has continued for three days. Snow Drifting Badly Snow that has lain dormant over the prairie stretches is being probably stop all urban traffic over the whole of the Missouri Slope. ls and highways are now practically impossible t keep open with the inadequate equipment that is possessed and highway officials are of the opinion that it is nothing less than a waste of time and money and foolhardy in the extreme to at- tempt to clear the crusted drifts from the roads. Surveying temperatures on New Year's at the five year marks during the past 35 years, it is evi- dent that Jan. 1, 1928, will be one of the coldest on record although not the coldest. On New Year’s day, 1885, the sil- of pioneer t!.ermometers 36° degrees below zero, the coldest entry to be found on the is of government weather bureau here, which was established . |. J. spring weather was experi- (Continued on page two) ’ New Year’s Coming By The Aspoclated, Press) ite in the welcome Pa ade stations have: appropriat ta, ‘ 9700 P.M. KTHB— Special “Program (8 ‘WBE New Your's Eve Fea. WEAF and hao_new Year's KO, e:i5 P.M. ‘Wa —Trinity ‘Chuseh Services KFRC—Dance Music (6 hrs.) whipped into huge drifts that will|the fl, LINDY SHOWS HIS SKILL AT BELIZE FIRLD Famous Flyer Gives: Demon- stration of His Uncanny Ability With Plane — CROWD IS WILD WITH JOY Lone Eagle Elected « ‘Froth- blower’ and Made Life Mem- ber of Golf Club fied today by the ke landed on a smajl and field here. earth the narrowest Ss ever completed the 290m ground. An orderly crowd gathered to wel- come the lone eagle, but only the most optimistic thought he would be able to land. Lindbergh. looked the field over before he glided down and decided he could land instead of merely flying over Belize and con- tinuing on the San Salvador flight. Barely Misses Grand Stand The pi came down over the northern end of the narréw sports field, so low it barely missed tele- phone wires runnii across that end, Lindbergh realized he would have to bring the plane to earth as near the northern end of the 400- yard field as possible, to avoid hit- ting a grandstand at the southern end. Lightly the plane landed and yer swerved it just in time to avoid the grand’ stand: The crowd, which up to this time had been orderly, went wild with joy and broke through the police Members “reception commit- tee formed a Protecting line about Lindbergh by linkin thefr arms and 8¢01 him to the golf club, where jhe was welcomed by Sir John Bur- don, governor of Honduras. Takes 2 Wee Nip ‘ At the; golf elub Lindbergh, atter much persuasion, tasted a drink of (Continued on page two) MAN SOUGHT WHO TRIES T0- |, 2az,2~ BE KIDNAPER d Largest in History NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS By GOVERNOR A. G. SORLIE A happy New Year to dil the good people of North Dakota! The New Year inspires us with higher hopes, a better under- standing of our problems, a finer spirit of cooperation, and a iter determination to work out these problems for the best interest of our state. in great Our state is endowed with the finest soil in the world, sunshine » and rainfall ample for all our needs. advantages it is possible for us to not only main- tain but to surpass all records in production and superiority of our in other agricultural states in this section, North Dakota is an agricultural state, and we, like the people have not fully real- ized the. importance of agriculture as an industry, neither have we fully a have and’ tests made oal in this state ited the value of our superior commodities, which maintained a high standard. North. Dakota hard 5; wheat is ae ae quality. This ity we produce in enormous quantities. rough analyses in our state laboratory, the mill and elevator, we demonstrate the superiority of our wheat, and prove ition that flour made from this wheat makes the fin- of bread that it is possible to make. are also of superior quality. North Da- r bacon has a satisfying flavor that creates a for it. North Dakota turkeys sell at a premium on the of their excellent quality. North Dakota sugar as 17 per cent in sugar content, a fact that will t sugar manufacturers to locate in our state. has no fuel problem. The vast deposits of lignite rapidly being developed, and we know from and experiments of mining engineers addition to its fuel value, our lignite is im- its by-products. of our pottery clay is now well-established and in the this natural resource will develop into an important industry to the state. us to advertise the resources of our state and the ity of our lucts to consumers. To do this we must es- th markets. rketing in the largest sense is only creating demand for the particular kind of products that we have to sell. I am convinced that if we will devote our best efforts to establishing markets for our products we can look forward to a , Prosperous year in 1928, LOS ANGELES POLICE CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO PROVE HUNT HAD PART IN KIDNAPING AND MURDER OF PARKER GIRL Standings in Vote. standing at 6 o'clock last night Helen Ba Hazel Chorley Edna Robidou - Elsie Milde Northeast Japan and re deep. Los |Reports From. Eastern Points Tend to Jumble More Thaa Ever the Confusing Angles of Case — Hickman ‘Stops Talking’ Upon Advice of His: Attorney Fellows’ Ring Contest Odd it: 5460 5450 4610 | Los Angeles, Dec. 31.— (AP) — {aap || While police of Los Angeles con- 4060 || tinued their efforts to prove that 1300 || Welby Hunt, young partner of Ed- ward Hickman, carried that partner- ship as far as complicity in the kid- inaping and slaying of Marian Park- jer, 12-year-old school girl, reports emanating from eastern points tend- ed to jumble more than ever the con- fusing angles of the case. The confession in Detroit of James Ellsworth, 23, declaring that Hick- man and Hunt been involved in a series of crimes that included the enforced killing by Ellsworth of an aged man near Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, was discredited by the in- vestigators here. They said that Hunt was in Los Angeles last sum- mer gt the time Ellsworth said the killing, taok place. The whereabouts of Hickman et the time were not known. Hunt Admits Doing Wrong Dis; itches con Kansas = yo Hunt had admitted Quake Felt iis mother that he had “done some things that were re at Point Arguello In their attempts to Angeles, Dec. 31.—(AP)—Ad- risq Buried in Snow 31.—(AP)—Telegraph ee lines hae been broken uy a snow- in northeas ¢ Japan. “In the prefecture. the snow is 10 rtial blame for the death of little police today directed their search for facts on the little suburb| hich has fi 80 the case. "Deputies Hickman "pin on Hunt .—( radio rit iferie ait F pil [ i 8 it POPULATIONS OVER 40,000; BUSINESS GOOD 60 New Homes Built During Year—Several New Whole- salers and Retailers 1928 OUTLOOK IS GOOD 2,696 Autos Sold Here in Last Year — Farm Implement © Business Excellent Despite the fact that the early advent of, winter and its attendant severe weather and blockaded roads, which held both retail and whole- sale business far below normal during December, the year 1927 was a very prosperous one in this vicin- ity, a survey made from a number of sources reveals. Several new wholesale concerns number of new retail stores been established in Bismarck jduring the year and with but few exceptions all lines of business Port satisfactory returns. Bu: ness was not up to its usual stand- ard during the spring of the year and the early summer, due to the Poor crops of the previous year and the shortage of ready cash which followed, but trade responded quick- ly when it was evident by mid-sum- mer that the state would harvest one of its largest crops and business during the latter part of the sum- mer, fall and early winter was ex- cellent. i Information gleaned in talks with various merchants in the city leads to the belief that retail trade in Bis marck for 1927 shows an increase of from seven to 10 per cent over the previous year. 2,696 Autos Sold Here A survey of the automobile busi- ness in Bismarck for 1927 shows that there were almost as many cars sold during this year as during 1926, which broke all records for new car sales. The 1927 total is 2,696 cars, as compared with 2,710 for 1926. The total volume of sales is somewhat Jess but this is due principally to the fact that the price of all lines of automobiles was materially re- duced early in 1927. Motor car sales for 1927 in this city totaled $2,097,675, as compared . with $2, 861.097 for the year before. An increase of more tha... $100. +», 000 in automobile accessory sales was shown during 1927, the total for this year being $658,849 while that for 1926 was only $555,411. The jobbing and manufacturing » including the sale of farm n nery and equipment, took a big jump in 1927, figures showing that the total jobbing and manufacturing business for 1927, exclusive of the implement business, was $6,187,221, while that for 1926 was but $4,612,- In the implement jobbing alone, the 1927 total was $3,200,000 as compared with $1,500,000—an. in- crease of more than 100 per cent. Hide and Fur Business Grows Purchase of hides, fur and wool {s ing quite an item in itself in this vicinity, the total value of such commodities shipped from Bismarck during 1927 being $350,000. In gathering figures from which this busin ummary was compiled it was learned that one Bismarck bakery alone made over 1,500,000 loaves of bread during the past year, Figures covering the jobbing bus- jiness done here during 1927 do not include the huge volume of business resulting here from the sale of gaso- re- | po} to line and oil, nor the money which was paid out to farmers in this vi- cinity for butter, eggs, poultry, and other farm produce. Popul: Well Over 10,000 Bismarck continued its steady growth of the past several years during 1927, and it is estimated that its population at the close of this year is 10, as compared with 7,- 122 in , when the last govern- ment census ken. At the close of 1926 the city's population was placed at slightly under 10,000, The present estimate gives the city a population increase of 44 per cent during the last eight year period. It is estimated that there are now 2,133 families in the city, ag compared with 1,481 in 1920. The census showed Bismarck as. having 3,549 males and 3,573 females, while the present survey places the fig ures at 5,111 males and 5,145 fe- males. r persons over 21 years of age, the 1920 census showed 2,115 males and 2,062 females, while at the present time it is estimated that there are 3,046 males and 2,979 females over the age of 21 here. Statistics on which the present pulation survey is based include the following: Excess of births over deaths since 1920, numbering 620. Increase of 40 per cent ir the num- ber of qualified voters. of 51 per cent in the Increase am- bee of vente of schacs, ate ven