The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1928, Page 2

PAGE TWO Future of Motorbus in No SIDE GLANCES ---- By George Clark | ROAD PROGRAM HELD INVOLVED IN NEW TRAFFIC Secretary of State Highway Commission Discusses Situ- ation from All Angles GREATER FUNDS NEEDED} Meeting of Hears Possibility of Fee and Increase as Plan How to meet and deal with the situation growing out of the in- creasing use of motorbusses and| trucks in the transportation of pas- sengers and goods in North Dakota was discussed by J. Ermatinger,| secretary of the State Highway com- mission, before the meeting of the this, in turn, se in funds avail- able for road improvement. The matter of control, whether by the state authorities or by the Inter- state Commerce commission was among the points considered and the suggestion that some of this control could be exercised jointly between the utilities authorities of adjoining states was made. The address show- ed an already large development of bus and truck traffic in the state. The fact that North Dakota’s rail lines mostly -xtend east and west was held to favor a_ considerably larger development of bus traffic on north and south routes. No Longer Experiment Secretary Ermatinger said, in his address: The bus and the commercial truck are no longer an experiment. They are here to stay and grow. Each year will acd to their usefulness as a@ common carrier of passengers and goods for hire. The public constant- jy is demanding a better type of convenience, It wants to go when it suits the passenger's desire and purpose and not be hampered by too many fixed schedules, far apart, nor delays occasioned by circuitous routes or lay-overs or stop-overs. Goods must be delivered promptly and speedily without the fuss of de- livery to .. central depot and removal from another. For this it will pay a reward commensurate with the services rendered. That the number and variety of services of motor transportation in North Dakota and between it and our neighbors will in- crease is inevitable. The history of states will be repeated here as roads are improved and the benefits of this type of carrier is better understood and appreciated. In order to gain some idea of the probable trend of the growth of the bus and commer- cial truck in this state, recourse must be h: ' to their development in the old states and the country at large. This mode of transportation irst came into use in the larger cities, then . pread to the nearby rural precincts and expanded in area as rapidly as manufacturers made better vehicles and better highways gave assurance of speedy and certain traction or road bed. Busses may be divided into two classes: Those used and owned privately for re- stricted purposes such as_ school busses, hotel busses, ete., and those who operate as common carriers of passengers, similar division ob- tains for trucks. It is to the latter we shall devote most of our atten- tion, In 1925 there were 34,100 busses, whereas at the beginning of this year the number had risen to 44,486 vehicles, This represents an increase of over 30 per cent in four years. Today, counting busses of all types including school busses and others, this country has 85,636 cars. Great Britain numbers one- half as many and France less than one eighth. It is interesting to note that China has 2479, Greece, 1785, Holland, 3102, Rumania, 3200, Jap- an, 3387, Mexico, 3595, Sweden, 1800 and Norway 1170 busses of all types. This is indicative of the world recog- pi Gon of the value of bus transporta- ion. What Has Been Transpiring While the auto has in a slight de- gree decreased railway revenue in certain lines the railways have made tremendous gains as freight-carriers through shipments of cars and the things employed in car propulsion. Suburban electric railway lines, however, have suffered considerably from bus competition with the re- sult that both the steam railways and the electric lines are acquiring bus routes and also using them to supplement both electric and steam service. No doubt data exists showing bus gerelopment in the various states, nevertheless, time did not permit. me to collect the same for presenta- tion to you. “Sowever, New Jersey offers a good instance where bus traffic increased from nearly 2,000,- 000 passengers in 1923 to 146,050,- 287 in 1925, “Most of us are familar with its development in Minnesota where {oday the state is a network of bus routes. Let i now see what has and is transpiring in our own state. As the Boa rd of Railroad Commission-| Thi ers provide definite figures we have reliabl: data, Beginning July 1, 1928, the board took over the regula- tion of bus and aute freight traffic and reports 20 firms operating eith- er bus or freight lin-s or both with & combined route mileage of 1046 miles. By the end of 1924 the car- had’e Bo car-| dina! | ociation Here one-half ton trucks, made trips and carried about 1 3-4-ton loads. The passenger vehicles aver- age 11.7, cach make average trips of 42.8 miles and carried 9.7 passen- gers per trip. Apparently the freight haulers made an operating profit, while the passenger opera- tors suffered a loss. general highway development of the state. In 1922 we had 20 miles of gravel road and 898 miles of earth grading in our state highway sys- tem, out of a total state highway mileage now fixed by law at 7500 miles, On the first day vf Decem- ber of this year, the nstruction division of the State Highway de- partment reported 3862 miles of earth grading completed, of which 2122 miles were gravel surfaced, six miles oiled and nearly ten miles paved. At the same time, 591 miles of earth grading are under con- struction and 429 miles under con- tract for gravel surfacing. This will give us 4453 miles of earth service devoted to its comfort and| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1928 mile State Highway Development Let us turn now briefly to the grading, of which 2550 miles will be gravel surfaced by June, 1929, leaving approximately 3100 miles of the state highway system still to be earth graded and 4950 to be gravel surfaced. As mczintenance costs in- crease, both because c* obsolescence of the road and increase of fic, the ability to bi new highways must shrink azcordingly. The only relief in sight to enable the State Highway commission to continue construction at the rate of 400 miles per year, or better, will be an in- crease in revenue to be derived either from an increase in the gaso- line tax, or an increase in automo- bile license *-es, or both. No doubt this will affect the earning capacity of the commercial carrier, but in no greater measure than it affect every other automobile owner. Cer- tainly, commercial carriers should be the last to object to the betterment of the road system which will en- able them to render a speedier and more certain 2rvice and the saving in this direction should offset large- ly any increase in the cost in the operation of the vehicle itself. Who Is to Be Carrier. The determination of the question who shall be permitted to operate as a commercial carrier is placed by law in the hands of the Board of Railroad Commissioners and like- wise their regulation as to common carriers, No doubt, before many years, a decided effort will be made to place the control and regulation of carriers doing interstate business in the hands of the Interstate Com- merce commission. This will result no doubt in considerable conflict of jurisdiction. The proposition now is pending before the federal authori- ties to allow the adjoining states to iron out the problems arising there- from, recourse to national control, ex- cept in case the state authorities concerned cannot arrive at a satis- factory settlement. Certainly the states are entitled to receive from the common carrier some return for the construction and upkeep of the state highway system and it is in this field more than in any other that difficulty will be en- countered because it would obvi. ously be unfair to compel the oper- ator to pay two auto fees, especially where such taxes are not uniform. The Department of State Highways now has no greater control over common carriers than it has over the individual owner of an automo- bile. Under the terms of Chapter 162, laws of 1927, we can regulate their weight, lights, brakes and other mechanical features. The law also can regulate the rate of speed. here is :.othing in our statutes that will prevent a common carrier from operating over td iy oi except as such operat‘on spplies to every other vehicle. That means that where the road is closed the bus must follow the general line of traffic. Chapter served, 162 allows local authorities, by or- nee or resolution, to restrict the ht of vehi for a period not to exceed 90 days on local roads by reason oz deterioration, rain, snow, or other clirtatic conditions where a heavy vehicle eet seriously dam- such y may also pro- ©1828, ev NEA stavice. Ne REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF, “Well, here’s the address you wrote down; where’s the party?” welfare must be protected and con- Direction of Lines Enters A study of railroad lines of this state disclcses the fact that the railway lines/ run largely east and westward and their train schedules show a predominating train service both in number and speed in those directior One naturally would ex- pect to find bus service and auto freight service running in an oppo- site direction and 2 study of the routes shows this to be the fact. Hence, the bus is not a serious com- petitor of the railroad and supplies a much needed service north and south =nd with a saving of consider- able time ard annoyance to the traveling public. Where the bus and railroad do o.cupy the same field, it is largely in the latter’s branch line territory and as their schedules call for operation in opposite direc- tions the bus service is supplemen- tary rather than competitive. An examination of trucks and bus routes proves that with rare excep- tions, they follow improved state highways. In a few instances un- improved state roads or county roads are employed, but in. time these will be abandoned for the bet: ter improved state highways. Like- wise, graveled highways predomin- ate and thcse others which shortly will be gravel surfaced. Perhaps, the greatest improvement in our state roads to assist bus develop- ment lies in the completion this year of the earth grading of State High- way No. 6 from Bismarck te Minot. As the gravel surfacing of the miles still unsurfaced will be completed early next year, mid-summer should provide a continuous graveled high- way from Bismarck through Wash- burn, Max and Minot to State High- way No. 5 in Bottinea: and also southward on U. S. No. 83 to the South Dakota This will do much to speed up travel between these points. Recently ‘ne State Highway com- mission purchased considerable snow removal equipment and is fairly launched on state wide snow remov- al work. In time it will be necessary to add to this equipment. As the bus will traverse the main highways largely, the adoption of this pi will prove -ry helpful to bus traf- fie and then ussure a continuous and a reasonably uninterrupted service, It will relieve the various firms en- gaged in this field from providing their own snow removal equipment. However, it might pe well for the transportation companies to confer with the highway authorities to learn just what roads will receive priority in case cf a general heavy snowfall and arrange their affairs accordingly. Unfortunately snow equipment is like fire fighting ap- paratus, it costs a lot of money and is only needed on a few occasions and when the need is most urgent. Tourist Travel While the history of commercial transportation shows no_ startling growth and development of this state largely due to the fact that in earlier years a number of parties rushed in- to this type «7 transportation, nev- ertheless as our state highway sys- tem continues to be improved and our population grows in number it is safe to predict that commercial trucking and passenger bus service wil increase, Such extension of service doubtless will be in a south- erly and northerly direction and cut across the railway lines of the state supplying our people with speedy and convenient service, a thing need- ed in certain secticns of this com: monwealth. No doubt as the na- tional pas 2nger service is de- veloped shall have bus routes clear acrcss the sta‘: and west, but these will be more in the nature of touriet trins by persons who de- sire to see the country comfort and ease rather than drive their own automobile over the same route. An experimental trip of this type was made a few vears ago by a large bus from Chicago to the Yellowstone Park. The improvement of U. S. No. 10 in thig state and U. S. No, 10 in Montana will do much to acceler- ate the insta'lation of this type of servic making these statements relative to bus and common carrier development in North Dakota I am not drawing on my own imagination but rather ‘he experience of the old- | other sections. Hence the protein GRAIN PREMIUM WIN FARMERS, 'Growers Strong to Learn Per- centage of Moisture and Protein, Says Agent (}COMBINE GAINS GROUND | | Weed Problem Complicating | Use of Most Complex Type | of Harvest Machine Whether it be Marquis or Ceres or some other hard Northwestern variety, this is the day of protein wheats. The Northwest has long known that its grain has an individ- ual quality that makes it more val- uable in milling than the wheats of premium on the big grain markets, as Minneapolis. This premium may more than offset freight charges on shipments, so it has become a fixed goal in grain growing through the Northwest grain belt of the Dakotas and Montana. Wheat growers strive to improve their seed and obtain thereby an unvarying high percent- age of protein in their crops. Better protein wheat, in fact, is on all) agricultural programs where exten- sion work is carried on. And along with the protein test movement goes the allied test for moisture, so essential for timely cut- ting of the grain where combines are used and for its substantial matur- ity and satisfactory shipment. Both movements are under way in Bur- leigh county under the direction of the extension service. A review of what has been and is being done, both in moisture tests and increas- ing use of combines, fills a consider- able space in the yearly report of A. R. Miesen, the county agent, just compiled. The reports says of the three phases of improved grain growing: “Approximately 200 wheat pro- ducers availed themselves of the op- portunity to -haye wheat samples tested for moisture and protein through the extension office. These tests included not only numerous combine samples, but also many samples from binder harvester grain. Elevators Join in Tests About August 1, in Bismarck, in cooperation with the elevators—prin- cipally farmers elevators—the mar- keting department from the Agricul- tural college, as well as the U. S. department of agriculture, a confer- ence was held relative to the reflec- tion of protein values at local points, ways and means to reflect the values and discussion as to the best ways to handle the combine grain. “No definite policy was adopted as to the way in which to reflect protein values direct to shippers. Farmers clevators, grain buyers and numerous large farmers from Bur- leigh county, as well as the entire southwestern part of North Dakota, were represented. So far as Bur- leigh county was concerned, the ele- vator men decided that they would take samples of all grain in mois- ture-proof containers, .have the samples tested for protein and re- flect as much of the protein pre- miums as possible, at least up to 75 or 80 per cent. This plan was later discussed with farmers and they felt it was a fair plan. “AS a result, when grain was sold, many times, the farmer took one- half of the composite - sample, brought it to the county agent’s office and had a separate protein and moisture test made. In all the numerous tests made in this way and checked back on the elevator tests, Not one was found to vary over one- half of one per cent in protein. “The elevators, as a rule, reflected all they could to give the farmer as much on his wheat as possible, al- though they all said it costs much more in work for the elevators. On the other hand, there was less wheat shipped direct to commission houses this fall than there was in 1927. Upon investigation it was found that the direct shipments were being made as e. protest against no - pre- mium reflections on the local mar- kets in 1927. Moisture Tests Aid Combiners “Approximately 100 moisture and grade tests were made early in the harvesti €, season for combine owners, Due to the very dry early part of the growing season, most of the grain was thin. But later, about June 10, when heavy rains fell, most of the weed seeds in the fields also grew and, as a result, most fields were weedy. These green weeds, where combines were used, usually made a high moisture content. The wheat was ripe but the weeds were green. Some of the first combine samples tested as high as 22 to 23 per cent moisture, but when the weed seed was taken out, the moisture, usually was reduced to 14 and 15 per cent. Where the elevators had cleaners, this wheat was all cleaned immediatel and shipped. None of this heated, although most of it sold as sample grain. Where elevators had no cleaning machinery, farmers had to let the wheat stdnd till the weeds also were dry. One combine owner bought his own cleaning equipment and attached it to the combine. “This method seemed to be suc- cessful and, from talks with combine owners, numerous others are going to install that same equipment in 1929. This method was still more successful, because the grain could be cut as soon as it was fit to cut with a binder. Left on the ground for about six days, it threshed out a soe fine quality wheat, with appar- one no loss in the field. In cooperation with the Agricul- tural college cost records were kept on three combines in the county. These combines did custom work as well as work for the owners. Re- Ports on these machines are ‘not available at present, but -will‘be in time to be of value to prospective combine purchasers in 10b9, the interest that was taken by the extension office in trying to study the Various makes of combines, ob- taining moisture and protein tests, studying the windrowing methods of harvesting with a combine and dis- cussing the various combine prob- lems in the field with combine owners. In this way it was possible, many times to pass on experiences from one operator to another and to avoid costly mistakes. Combines in this county, this year especially, due to the weeds in the fields, were on trial. Where the operator used good common sense, they have proved themselves to be a very efficient machine. Protein Survey Effective “Early in the season, when the wheat harvest first started and up to the time threshing began, wheat samples direct from the field were collected from each section of the county. Tests were made for pro- tein at the Agricultural college and the results were published in the papers, “The samples tested were reported ack’ to the individual farmers in each instance. As the test was nearing completion, grain buyers as well as farmers continually called for reports on this test, because they felt that it was a good sample of the average protein variability in differ- ent sections of the county. Of about 90 field samples tested, the variabil- ity was from 10 per cent to 17 per cent protein with an average at ap- proximately 12 per cent. “In 1927, the first year that many of these tests were made, there was some interest shown by farmers, but comparatively little. With the coming of the protein premium, every one was very much interested in obtaining protein information just as soon as possible on the 1928 crop.” Ceres Wheat Holds Spotlight The report also refers to the con- tinued popularity of Ceres wheat— a popularity that is extending into the neighboring state of Montana, where many farmers are turning from Marquis to grow the North Dakota type. Mr. Miesen says of this strain of wheat: “After Sens 3 the first introduc- tion of Ceres wheat-in this country, in 1927, and then introducing direct- ly 200 bushels for distribution this year, in small lots and three cars through the seed houses, it is in- creasing in popularity. The yields generally this year were from three to five bushels higher than Marquis and it ripened about a week earlier where it had been sown at the same time as Marquis. As a combine wheat it also proved itself, because some of it stood a long time this fall before it was fit to cut. It also has proved itself in another respect, in that the beards are an advantage for the windrowing attachments to the combine. The bearded heads do not sink into the stubble nearly so fast as wheats not bearded. his. was demonstrated on the E. W. Ander- son place, at MeKenzie, where about 100 acres were harvested in this manner. “Mr. Anderson has had this wheat for two years and he is seeding around a thousand acres of it this coming year. He uses two combines with windrow attachment. L. E. Heaton, McKenzie, also stated that it was by far the best wheat he had this year. “There is apparently no appreci- able difference in the protein per- centage in Ceres over Marquis or other hard wheat,” says the county agent’s review. “Numerous tests were made to check this on samples from similar fields on the same farm.” The report notes the attempt to get the farmers to raise Mindum wheat. It refers to the two cars of seed of this variety distributed through this territory by C. H. Hill and Company and the Dacotah Seed company. No special effort was made to introduce this wheat. It yielded better than the mixed Dur- um generally grown in this locality, says the report. FOR QUICK RELIEF TRY THIS A. H. McDaniel, Box 51, Lindside, W. Va., writes: “I am glad to tell you that Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound is the best cough and cold remedy that can be bought. I had a severe and racking cough that was not hel by other medicines, and before I used half a bottke of Foley’s ‘ ‘Now, Bear This in Mind—’ sey won a new title the other day. This particular Jack Demp- lack bear belonging to Patricia Ziegfeld, daughter of the theatri- cal producer, and the pair of them walked off with first honors for fa- mous pets of famous people, a benefit contest held for the New York Women’s League for Animals. Jack is pictured here receiving last-minute instructions from hi# little manager before entering the ring. RABBIT CAGERS START FRIDAY Will Meet Columbus Mariners: Engelmann Bothered With Hurt Knees also looks a little heavier. freshman forwards — Carey, Colby, Morris, Jackson and Norvold— are putting up a lively scrap for a job on ‘the first squad with the first three having the call for the position opposite “Nick” for Friday night. lerting, all-conference guard of last year, is the same old reliable Lemme and is a sure bet for the season’s Other men who will probably see service are Dehnert, guard; Dennis, Brookings, S. D., Dec. 12.— The 1928 basketball machine at South! Dakota state college was put into high gear this week in preparation for their opening game with the powerful Columbus squad here Fri- ward; Lewis, guard; Baker, center; and Tjostem, sage Indians’ Land Auctions for $437,410 Pawhuska, Okla., Dec. 12.—(AP) —An unusually low price, $437,410 was obtained in the quarterly Osage Indian lease auction here yesterday for 714 tracts of land. the tracts offered were not sold. The September sale brought in approximately $1,000,000 for 126 Coach Edmonds drove his squad of 20 men through a long session tonight working on fundamentals and on a new style of ‘offense. monds is going to try an offense designed to cope with the five-man Although he has had little time to perfect it, he is going to test it in the Mariner game. Krug and Englemann, guard and center, have had little chance to recover from their hard football season and will not be in the best basketball shape Friday To meet this emergency, Ed- monds has shifted Captain Schaefer from forward to guard. superb floor man‘ and may make an ideal running guard. If he works in well in the back court job, Krug may be shifted to forward where his height and steddiness would be very Few of the leases which are for oil rights only were near producing Model Home Opening Date Set for Dec. 16 Opening of the Bismarck Demon- stration Home, originally planned for tomorrow, has been postponed until next Sunday, it was announced to- Hamann, star frosh center of last year, has been used at the pivot job in the absence of Englemann and is showing to good advantage. mann’s_ knees have bothered him since the football season, and the big boy who ran so wild on the grid- iron has only been out for two or three practices. He is being counted on strongly, however, and will prob- lay some against Columbus. Delay in completing the painting and installing the various gas and electric fixtures was given as the reason for the postponement. After these articles are in place the furni- ture houses require a day or two to arrange the furnishings. Last-min- ute work must be done on the floors before the house is opened to the Honey and Tar Compound my cough was gone.” Quickly effective for coughs, colds, croup, bronchial and “flu” coughs, and troublesome night, coughs, Sold -verywhere.—Adv. one veteran forward remaii in the person of Nicholson. Nick is showing the same speed that made him so dahgerous last year and he Egypt is nearly twice as large as the state of Texas, but only a small part of its immense are: and cultivated. ft, a ==> c “The combine owners generally in the county appreciated very much a OF MY, CHI DOESNT BRING 10 BUCKET, A an EMPTY. Be | OUT OUR WAY ; By Williams “HOW DEAR “1 MY Hi rth Dakota Considered by Carriers <« |% BAD PLUMBING IS BLAMED FOR - MUCH SICKNESS Grambs Says Local Ordinance Inadequate: Higher Safety’ Standard Needed * (By The Bui ding Editor) More sickness is caused by bad plumbing than most people imagine and for many maladies the plumber has more chance of effecting a cure than the physician, is the observation of Frank G. Grambs after a lifetime in the plumbing business. Grambs installed the plumbing in ;the Demonstration Home which will be opened <o the public for inspec- tion next Sunday, according to pres- ent plans. The danger from bad plumbing, Grambs explained, is due to sewer gas which is both colorless and odor- \less and whieh may escape into the home and cause sickness without the householder knowing the real cause {of the malady. If your plumbing fixtures gurgle when the water runs out of them they are dangerous, Grambs warns, since the gurgling noise indicates that the gas is coming back into the pipes and may escape into the rooms of your house. Although not as noticeable as a leaking pipe, sewer gas 4s far more dangerous, he said, although good plumbing permits neither, Modern plumbing practice provides three ways of eliminating sewer gas. The first is the trap which is in- stalled in the drainage system of every fixture. The second is a venti- lating stack which carries off foul odors and sewer gas and the third is a separate stack to release the air from the drainage structure of the fixture. Installations made by Grambs are in accordance with the plumbing code of the city of St. Paul, recog- nized as one of the best in the country. The Bisma: he said, is weak and inadequate and does little to insure safety and satis- faction, hence it is necessary to es- tablish a higher standard if plumb- ing installations are to be satisfac- tory. ordinance, Good plumbing, he said, may cost a little more than bad plumbing but © the additional cost is more than made up by the tion which ‘ional health protec- ford: [AT THE MOVIES | —————__——_———_ e ELTINGE THEATRE Clara Bow comes to the Eltinge screen for today, tombrrow and Fri- day in “Three Week Ends,” a new story by Elinor Glyn. It is a cyclone of love, laughs and legs with the Bow personality whirling all through it. “Why spend “Three Weeks” learn- ing about love when “Three Week Ends” can teach “It” in one eve- ning? Clara Bow snaps io this story of a little East Side girl Mee Led a job dancing in a carbaret an up‘in lances right into the hearts of a rich playboy and a poverty-strick- en salesman. She gets away with a lot on the playboy but she just gives and gives to the salesman, There are patho: i fun, romance and melodrama in this story. Neil Hamilton is the ‘eading man and Harrison Ford has an important part. The supporting, cast has a group of estal ished favorites and, at least, one surprise. CAPITOL THEATRE “Personality plus.” That phrase, according to William E. Benton, character analyst, de- scribes the Duncan Sisters, Rosetta and Vivian, who are starring in the x. screen version of their “Topsy and he at the Capitol Theatre to- night. “They are a colorful, eager pair,” says Benton, “who have learned the secret of being themselves. Both are animated and friendly, but, though sisters, they are distinctly different in their individual characterist: ics. “Rosetta is the most dominant of the two and a better business woman a is settled tan many would be led to believe. ler large, well-rounded head indi- cates broadness of mind and great musical and artistic tendencies. “Her eyes are clear with lit sharp angles about them, indicat a brilliant mind, @ sureness in eve! ‘ick tand cameras Vivian is the most emotional of haracter e: rt the two, states the cl “ wy!