The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1928, Page 3

By " 1 . \Lode” is for something even more *~ who will be in charge until officers gre elected. Men and women prom- | j; < MONDAY AUGUST 6 9 CITIES WAIT END OF WATER FAMINE PERIL Great Dam’s Builders Race Against. Disaster in Cali- fornia’ Valley Springs, Calif., Aug. 7.— Smashing world speed records for dam building, a half thousand beaver men are toiling in three shifts to dam the Mokelumne river near here. They are engaged in one of the most bed ad races of engineering his- ory. The building of the Pardee dam is & gigantic sporting event. The stakes are a sizable bonus for the contractors and economic survival for nine cities on the eastern shore of San Francisco bay, whole 1,000,- 000 people face an ever-present danger from water famine. An army of sweaty engineers, mechan- ics, teamsters and muckers in a race against disaster, with victory for the human army in sight! The world’s fourth largest dam will be finished in another year, a dam surpassed in bulk only by the Assuan of Egypt, Arrowrock of Idaho, and Muscle Shoals of Tennes- see, 75 Years Ago and Now There’s mere than the ordinary romance in this scene. It presents not only the drama of the modern engineer, who, like the demigod Paul Bunyan, carts away mountains and halts rivers at will. It is alsé that looking on the bil) are ghosts of those other rave men who 75 years ago tore up these same foothills in a mad tush for gold. The new rush to the “Mother precious than the yellow dust; it is for “white gold,” as water in Cali- fornia is called. The Pardee ds ., in fact, is being built of gravel taken from the “tailings” left by the Placer mitfers of the '50s. The invasion of the new army of womanless men, furthermore, is bringing to life, after 75 years of leaching slumber, the little nearby mining towns of Camanche and Campo Seco. The Same Glitter The same tinsel glitter of the ’50s is back in wooden shacks called “tho- tels,” “soft-drink parlors,” “pool- halls,” and other mushroom build- ings springing up under the digger pines. The Pardee dam will complete the east bay's new waterworks, a $70,- 000,000 monument to the efficiency of the district’s management, headed by a former governor of California, Dr. George C. Pardee. It will contain 700,000 cubic yards of conerete, copper joints to prevent cracking by expansion, and draining tunnels. It will hold back a lake with water enough for @,000,000 people, and will develop power enough to pump the water over the foothills, on its way to the thirsty communities for whose 1928 battle of Gettysburg, and a In the picture are tl the flag that draped the statue, and This photo was taken at Cannon Falls, Minn., where President Coolid, dedicated a statue to Colonel William Colvill, Minnesota’s hero of tl aled for a cessation of sectional animositi President and Mrs. Coolidge, who is shown holdin; Governor Christianson of Minnesota. NORTH DAKOTA STOCK PURCHASERS ‘Spurious Financial Magazine Advice Is Pernicious In- fluence’ State Blue Sky Commission Man‘ Labels Most Publica- tions Illegitimate Returning from New York City where he attended a committee meet- ing of state securities commission- ers who are investigati invest- ment trusts, E. 0. Bailey, sec- retary of the North Dakota blue sky commission reiterated his warn- ing, against “tipster sheets.” ‘ipster sheets are magazines or other publications pretending to give information on the trend of the stock market and advice to investors, Bailey said. A few he character- ized as calrenes and recognized authorities but labelled most of them as “the most pernitious influence in the “hemes field of public invest- ment.” While in New York he observed benefit the great engineering project was originated. Virginia Plans State Grange Organizations Richmond, Va., Aug. 6.—()—An early participant in affairs of the Patrons of Husbandry, Virginia plans to perfect a powerful state organization in time for the annual convention of the National Grange at Washington, D. C., in November. As tentatively arranged, the Vir- inia state grange will’ be organized eptember 19 and 20, coordinating subordinate granges in the Tide- water section, the Shenandoah valley and in northern and southern districts of the old Dominton, The meeting to draft plans for a state grange will be presided over by Louis J. Tabor, national master, inent in civic and farm circles will address the gathering. Secretary Jardine and other officials of the federal department of serials, and Virginia state officials, are to be invited to speak. 5 Virginia is expected to share with Maryland and the Potomac grange in the District of Columbia chief responsibility for the program of pageantry that will depict the early days of the organization, Peat Bogs of Ireland May Yet Yield Alcohol Dublin, Aug. 6.—@)—Ireland is rich in bogs, and there have been two raids made by the attorney gen- eral of New York on two such ¢s- tablishments and had an opportun- ity to see how they work. An ef- fort is being made by New. York au- thorities to drive such organizations out of business and the New York Better Business Bureau is running a series of advertisements in the newspapers warning ainst their operations, Bailey The peacee of tipster sheet oper- ators, Bailey said, is to acquire a large block of stock of little value in a concern which is either dead or nearly so. Controlling all the stock they then. begin to manipulate it, running up the price on the open market to a point far greater than its value. Then the tipster sheet gets in its work. Along with legitimate inform- ation on the stock market it gives the reader information regarding the tock which the operators have to ell, painting its prospects in glow- colors. Later it cites the fic- titious rise in price as evidence of the value of the stock and the cor- rectness of the forecast by the publi- cation. When this work has been done the salesmen for the organization get in their work. Sitting in telephone booths in a New York office they put in long-distance calls to persons who have subscribed for the sheet in all parts of the country. The sales- men get eight per cent of all money they bring in and their employers pay the cost of the telephone calls. investor pays his money, gets his: stock and later, when the organ- ization controlling it has unloaded all its stock holdings the investor finds he has practically worthless paper many projects for developing. them for the production of fuel for locb- motion and manufactures, A, possible new source of profit from them is indicated by a motion in the senate which urged the gov- ernment to allocate a grant of $10,- to enable experts to carry out trials demonstrating the net cost of producing crude alcohol from peat, and ascertain the possibility of doing so at a price which will enable it to compete with petrol. Harvest Will Resume Today Despite Rains Harvesting and threshing was re- sumed early this afternoon in the Bismarck district after the 4 of an inch of rain, which started falling about 10 p. m. last night, was suffi- ciently dried, O. W. Roberts, U. 8. meteorologist, said today. A warm sun beat cn Bismarck this morning with rot much ch-n-« in temperature predicted for tonight and Tuesday. Cloudy weatu, .- predicted for tonight. Scattered showers were recorded throughout the state over the week- end. Dunn Center, with .4 of an inch, shared rain honors with Bis- marek, Most points reported . cloudy weather this morning. ' State hieh- ways are somewhat muddy in the southwestern part of the sua. 4.0 mostly good in other sections. | , COOPERATIVE PURCHASING. on his hands, One of the organizations raided when he was in New York, Bailey WARNED AGAINST ‘TIPSTER SHEETS’ booming a certain stock for three weeks when the raid was made. Its books showed a profit of $100,000 during that period without deducting office expenses. Stock which had been picked up by the organization at less ghan $1 a share had been sold for $14 a share. A dozen telephone booths, each fitted up with an electric fan for the comfort of the salesman were located in one room from which telephone calls had.gone out to all parts cf the country. Some of these calls have been re- ceived by North Dakota citizens ac- cording to information received by Bailey, although the securities com- mission has no information on the amount of stock which may have been sold by this method in this state. One farmer in the southwest part of the state reported to the commis- sion that he had been on the verge of investing $3,000 in a stock propo- sition when he read in his local daily newspaper a warning against such practices issued by the securi- ties commission several months ago. Instead of investing he asked the commission to investigate. A report by the New York Better Business bureau indicated that the firm offer- ing the stock for sale was wholly unreliable. In many cases, Bailey said, the se- curities commissioners were told by the attorney general of New York. the stock opérators have induced customers to sell sound stock with known value to finance the purche-2 of rs worthless stocks they have ’o sell. Wilton Farmer Likes North Dakota After Feeling Sweden Rain It is so wet in Sweden that the farmers hang their hay on racks lear of the ground so that it will ry. Oscar Backman, proprietor of the Highland Grain and Stock farm: near Wilton, made this statement in a letter to The Trihune from Trolhat- ton, Sweden, where he has been vis* iting for the past three months. “It has rained nearly every day since we arrived,” Mr. Backman said. “North Dakota is a glorious country.” Mr. Backman stated that his plans were indefinite but that he hoped to start back to the United States in the near future. WAR HEADIN BED Somerset, Pa. Aug. 6,—P)—A room in the Somerset Community hospital temporarily is the center of the war department. Assistant Sec- retary. Charles B. Robbins is con- ducting much of the departmental business from his bed there while re- cuperating from injuires suffered in an airplane accident. Colonel Rob- bins is acting secretary by virtue of the absence of Secretary Davis, en said, had been operati tial office for three weeks aha nd hee Next Japanese Washington, Aug. 6.—+* --ve- |: tween Bid * laxge-acals Sarina cooperative nu ass he serving more than 350,000 farmers, ue . @ federal report ‘shows. ‘ Moved to new location at 206 Main. Ruder’s Furnitur: Phope 790. Official = erase Foreign route to Honolulu, Envoy to U.S. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE "FRISCO WOMAN JS IN HEART OF SAVAGE AFRICA , Unaccompanied by Any Man Save Native Guides, Ex- plorer Dares Death By De WITT MACKENZIE London, August 6.—(AP)—Mrs. John (Peggy) Fletcher, the San Francisco explorer, who is daring the wilds of the Dark Continent on la trip from Cape Town to Cairo, wrote me from South Africa the other day that she was abo start for Lilongwe, little studied country ‘of the goni. The Angoni are a primitive tribe of warriors who are an offshoot of the fierce Zulus, and are an_in- tensely interesting people. Peggy is now in the heart of this wild region, if she adhered to her schedule. The dangers of this trip are such as would tax the courage of any mere male, but the intrepid Cali- fornian is nothing if not confident of her ability to look after herself. She is making her arduous journey unaccompanied by any man other than her native guides and serv- ants, and she is the first Americn woman to'do this trip alone. Is No Novice Mrs. Peggy isn’t a novice at the game of solo explorations, however. She lived among the Esquimoes of Wrangel Island for a-time, and also has studied folklore and witchcraft among the North American Indians. Mrs.| - To Join Byrd Dean C. Smith, night air mail flyer between New York and Clevelanc, is areal to join Commander Byrd on his South Pole expedition. SLOPE FAIR HAS PROFIT The biggest profit ever realized by the Missouri Slope fair was re- corded last week. fair was in ssion at Mandan from Tuesday till Friday. About 20,000 people who attended the fair during the four days were pleased with the program, exhibits, and attractions, it is reported. i an ever is planned She “packs a wicked gun” and knows how to use it, if necessary. Mrs. Peggy says the fact that an American woman had come clear out to Cape Town for such a trip ap- peared to have struck the fancy of the South Africans, because the newspapers were filled with columns about her. She was met at the boat on her arrival by a squad of report- ers and a battery of cameramen, and the first thing they wanted to know was about the report that she in- tended to wear evening gowns in the jungle. She must have laughed over this harmless bit of fiction, as she did here in London, since it amused her greatly. She certainly had evening gowns with her and wore them charmingly, but she was graduated from the tenderfoot class long enough ago so that she would scarcely try to hypnotize the denizens of the jungle with a dis. play of satin and lace. Earns Own Money Mrs. Peggy, being of an inde- pendent turn of mind, earns the money for these trips herself. Dur- ing four months of each year she works “jobs” which she creates. The rest of the time she devotes to her home, her husband and her young son. She believes that a woman is more interesting and help- ful to her family if she has activi. ties outside her home occasionally. Mrs. Peggy’s small lad of sixteen Iso is possessed of a good deal of independence and confidence in him- self. She told me that after she left home this summer she received a letter saying the youngster wanted to go to Honolulu with some Boy Scouts. His aunt asked him if he thought his mother would approve. hs, course,” said the nipper. “Why not? I didn’t interfere with her trip, did 12” SMITH STUDIES WHITE CHARGES Albany, N. Y., Aug. 6.—)—Gove ernor Smith lost no time today, on returning to his office after a ten- day absence, in beginning a study of the charges made against his legislative record by William Allen White, Kansas editor. The Demo- cratic presidential nominee called for data from his office assistants, but declined to commit himself whether he intended to reply to White. Originally the Kansan charged that Smith, as an assemblyman, fa- vored the liquor interests and was lenient in his attitude toward gam- , ccording to the di- rectors, who are planning, among other things, to construct a new one- mile track and a steel and concrete, grandstand. The secretary of the fair, Allen Pfenning, is now busy cleaning up affairs of the exposition. LLOYD'S LOCKSMITHS New Britain, Conn., Aug. 6.—() ~-Although Harold Lloyd may pre- fer to build his new home in Holly- wood, he hhs come here for the hardware for it. A local manufac- turing concern has an order for locks and fancy tri ates some of them to be furnished in old gold. TWO KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH Verona Boy and Girl, Both 18, Die Instantly; Three Se- riously Hurt Fargo, .N. D., Aug. 6.—(®)—Two ed were killed, three seriously injured and three less seriously hurt, in a head-on automobile collision 8 1-2 miles east of LaMoure, N. late Sunday. The dead are: Helen Aahi, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Aahl, and Francis Edward McCann, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J, B. McCann, both of Verona, N. D. Laboratory of Winds: Is Housed in Chimney pletion, a tall brick chimney has been constructed. The stack is circular, 14% feet inside diameter at the base, 10 feet in diameter at the top, and 200 feet high. At a height of 140 feet above the ground a series of 24 openings are provided around the stack and connected by long brass tubes with pressure gauges at the base, These gauges will measure the wind pressure on the chimney with the wind blowing in any direction. Thus actual pressure on a full-sized structure can be determined and compared with the results obtained jodels in the wind tunnel. expected to be of con- jiderable value'to architects and en- “ Greater London’s population growing at the rate of over 22,000 every year. " The hatching and rearing of fish is called piscicalture. Washington, Aug. 3.—(®)—A “laboratory” in a chimney, ‘to serve as a testing plant in which wind velocities and resulting pressures can be studied, is being built at the bureau of standards. In connection with the bureau's * wars. 7. 3. Logan new power plant, now nearing com. | “My Man Must: Look Like a Real Man,” She Announces and feallnnveds's teal health bold er—especially in summer. To on real solid flesh and look hike, real manly man. McCoy’s Tablets b: ' “WicCoy takes all. the. rsk—Read vy ces all t! this ironclad guarantee. 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Last week, just before sailing for Europe, White withdrew that part of his charges relating to gambling and vice, Stakes $26,100 to Breed Sire for Herd Quebec, Aug. 6.—()—For the particular purpose of breeding a fu- ture herd sire T. B. Macaulay, owner of Mount Victoria farms, Hud: Heights, Quebec, has paid $11,100 for Triune Papoose Piebe, famous Holstein-Fresian heifer, and will ‘|mater her with his four-times All- American bull, Johanna Rag Apple Pabst, for which he paid $15,000 at public auction two years ago. _ Macaulay, who is president of a life insurance company in Canada, is divelening a remarkable herd of Holstein-Fresians, and’ it is to bring his herd to the peak of perf.ction that he has staked $26,100 on a fu- ture sire. ‘ The price of $11,100 is the highest paid for a Holstein-Fresian female aa) ye ed rg since tw when the war m was at its height, and but once in previous hi: tory of the breed had so high a price been paid for a heifer of this age. The animal was purchased from Hargrove and Arnold of Norwalk, Ta., during the national Ormsby sale of Holsteins at the Minnesota state fair grounds July 18 and 19. In 1926 Triune Papoose Piebe was rated All-American calf, in 1927 All- American yearling, to be one of the be: show ring honors in class for 1928. In addition to her achievements she bears an out- ing inheritance of production. pea se Mal yl AIRPLANE PILOT'S Fill out and mail the blank below enclosing $1.25 for three months’ subscription to The Bismarck Daily Trib- une in North Dakota or $1.50 if residing outside the state. By carrier Name... Tommy "0 HAVE DE Boe COME TO see wor IF TOUR PATHER GAVE ou TEN DOLLARS and THEN GAVE YOU PWB COLLARS! MORE WHAT WOULD ‘You HAVE ? in Bismarck $1.80. SUBSCRIPTICN BLANK The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, N. D. 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