The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1928, Page 7

4 DECEMBER 31, 192 WILLIAM FALCONER [Building of State Roads in 1928 * <2) PREPARINGHISTORY |___ Began to Fel Maintenance Pinch OF COUNTY AND cry 3 _PAGE SEVEN THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE lections for December. $30,723.86; federal aid 1,216,662.23; auto li- cense fees for 1929, $775,000; gaso- line taxes, 1929, $1,523,000, In 1928, the budget — shows, $2,171,507.99 was collected in gaso- line taxes but 40,702 refunds total- ing $699,329.65 were made, leaving $1,420,000 for the state highway de- partment, exclusive of any payment which may be made for December. provide a $500 penalty for ope: ing a motor vehicle upon the pub streets or highways of North JJ kota without proper registration display of current year lice plates, or imprisonment for not than six months or both such fing imprisonment. In no event one be permitted to operate a m vehicle after March 15, 1929, wi 1929 license io are displ sai O1CE VOLUNTEERS TODIRECT JUVENILE BAND TEMPORARILY ear ter i to April, ised '™ APril, 1892, oe. N. Leslie, April, 1894, to April, evils) Se rrenmrocic iT W0) 1 | | | Years Foreseen in Com- mission Circles Edward G. Patterson, April, 1896, The 1929 budget contemplates col- | thereon, the registrar. rm | Authoritative Historian Has H, Register, April, 1901 pease ot etd and payment every ovner of a motor vehicle Committee Unable to Obtain aS . ’ a) Seen i Y fehway. .jof 43,400 refunds totaling ,000, | for 1928 at this time the Motor i Been Resident of Bis. Webb, Apeit ie pean in gece TEN close|!eaving $1,523,000 for the state|hicle department will be ereetl Permanent instructor Now / marck 54 Years i Ph std * Ito the forks of the road, In one dir. | Highway department sisted and will be able to have to Fit System Here A history of Bismarck ‘and Bur-| leigh county is being prepared by William A. Falconer resident here| \ Gor 54 years. In 1928, the highway department. received from motor vehicle licenses a share of 736,952, MOTOR VEHICLE FEE motor vehicle duly registered b the penalty prescril by law fective, March 16, the reg said. FR. Smyth, April, 1907, to April,|ection it faces need of greater ap- 909, propriations, in the other it is faced br the compulsion of reducing per- manent construction, in order to keep up maintenance. according ‘0 ere’s the reason for the Popularity of STOTT BRIQUETS “It’s the Blend’ that Does Ie? 7 -re’s a fuel that starts quickly and burns ng and steady like hard coal! Saves work Arrangements by which the Ju- venile band will obtain a temporary director are being made by the band committee of the Community chest. E. A Williams, first president of the city commission, elected for a four-year term, April, 1909, to April, cate by a notary icense has been applig® Secretary J. J. Ermatinger, who has ‘ ‘These arrangements will bring to the sy ‘alconer is now collecting data|,,4. W- Lucas, April, 1918, to April,|been making a numberof talke me a he Me oY eee Cjconcert band, as director, Spencer ind assembling some of the his-| 1921. cently. calling attention to the situa- and model of vehicle and the Boise, who will take charge of the facturer’s number of the fle| (0 or: Vang rogram till June 1, which such application deseritgnd | 610s ee eeeton ‘The arrange: a test that the notary public $”-| ments also include provision for the ally mailed the ap ion Je | beginners band, so that the entire Riputieenn aac r.| musical organization will be taken tificate will be prima facie qnce | © torical sketches which he has pre- jared already. He says that it ™ Pe might be two years before the vol- me is published. The book will consist Principally of the works of the prominent citizens who have aided in the de- A. P. Lenhart, April, 1921 to SUPERINTENDENTS OF COUNTY SCHOOLS 10 tion. The program on which the state is working provides for 7500 miles of completed improved road, of which 3861 now is so graded and 2157 are graveled. The year 1928 may have seen the last big construction program. In TOTAL FOR 28 GETS NEARER $2,000,000 ement is due 7 i f compliance with the motorficle difficulty of filling the place « saves trouble... saves because it’s velopment of the cit; id th A that period a lot of gaps were per- 9 to the culty of fi F i ~ rounding territory. | "4 the sur rsanently completed by graveling or/ Figures of Registrar Show CE] ot ae aes f]the | permanently, at this time, with a| a perfect blend of “quick-pick-up” Poca: The book will present a chronicle ~ - Partially completed by grading. ‘Te result is that the state now has a number of roads extending from the South Dakota line on the south to director who will fit into the high school teaching staff. Such teachers have places now, having located themselves at the opening of the hontas Smokeless and ing” Penn- sylvania hard coal. More convenient, too... no clinkers. . . very little ashes... and shap- and features of important events here, some of which have been published before, beginning with the 174,479 Cars, Trucks and Cycles Paid License Afghanistan Plig! CONVENE THIS WEEK i 3 Re ed ImprgN j scoot season, and after such corre- ed like little pillows, 2 inches equare, for easy ie owner aa ute Bi: k Wil In EHP TI Lae el Motor vehicles registration fees saiggeos P spondence with sf wal music nae handling. You'll like it. Order by name... tion with the settling. ismarck Will Play Host Jan. 3|from state line to state line, except |for the state are shown by 1928 re- Heations and unions, the comm! -Ad- Pershawar, India, Dec. 31. og indi- vices from Afghanistan cated that the situation iffthing STOTT BRIQUETS from your dealer today. Discussion of the gold rush to the a little gap on No. 2 west of Rugby. Black Hills, extending from 1874 to cords in the office of F. B. Ingstad Graveling Behind Grading gave up as hopeless at this time the to be on the point of attaining the to More Than 50 County effort to find a permanent instruc- January 3 to 10 for the annual mid- winter meeting and school of ine struction. H. K. Janson, place was found on the high school faculty for prior incumbents, thus supplying a portion of the band a tory of the location of old Fort Lin- coln, officers and soldiers here, and accounts of the many Indian battles will all be given lengthy description. total to 3861 miles No paving was added this year, but 46 mile under- went oiling. 517 passenger cars licensed in 1928. Trucks numbered 21,778, _motor- cycles, 234, a total of 174,479 ildren tion of foreign al at of foreign women Ty ished from Kabul would be tomorrow. Educ: The records of the state commis- |$2,000,000 mark which the registrar | was improving. tor. a le, he aahieg cot entees oa sion show 434 miles. of additional has predicted at the probable. total Kabul was Feported to bef and| | The Community chest did not have 0 1T BRioy ific rail ii ity i ‘ i 1 in 1928, Ad-|for ie ey were $1,774,143.45 | it was bel! that no rel f enh Ly ft come er Gent “Srey 873.| County superintendents of North| devon weath. rae. dating tas lice the year closing. Were within 20 miles of the ftal. | director for the juveniles, so the ar- 1 y what is now Burleigh county, hise| soko Will gather in Bismarck |year added. $38 miles, bringing the|_ The registrar's records show 152,| It was hoped that complfevacu-|rangement was made bj Te- Morton county sup- stipend in that way. Director Sylfest preside. Other of- gistrations for 1928 P. Orwoll resigned last August and } n he commission now has in pro- erintendent, will L qyntreeren ie il Y Ly 4 pt : cess of earth grading, 600 miles and| The registrar expects the 1929| NARCOTIC AGENT Kil] WIFE : and Ad : Falconer says, the history tant, |icets are Madge Runey, Burleigh|in process of eeavaling: AOvniileks” | cewiuteationn te Tenet about 185,000.| | Des Moines, Ya., Dec. {(AP)— since then the band has been with Cee ct and the requests he has receive ag | unt» View chairman, ‘and W. E,| "2 eceiey ae te ne: 150 miles. [registrations to r bureau is making|Ray Pruess, federal narg agent | out and instructor. Fe! Parsons, deputy superintendent of vrite i ae ; shows completion of No. 3 highway |a drive to obtain early registration | working out of Minneapolfhot and ‘a we . bbl Cee gas that he! public instruction, secretary. from Steel to Tuttle; eonipletion cf|ind the lice has besh deawn’ eq| Sila hie estranged wiff-conora, eb E CLE Us ie wok en ite. “2° temptation to i ate ae (lay of the session will!No. 7 from Portland west; No. 6| applications. being delayed after] and then fired bullet intfis head.| Minot, Dec. 31. s e devoted to a one day course in phic ean oenend dana school administration in charge of several members of the Mayville Teachers college faculty, A part of each of the other days will be given over to the program of |the department of public instruction and course of study, Miss Bertha Palmer, state superintendent of Public instruction will conduct this Fart of the program. built from the South Dakota line to the Canadian boundary; U. S. No. 12 from Bowman east about completed in earth grading by closing gaps left over from 1927; U. S. 81 com- pleted from Grand Forks to the January 1. Motor vehicle owners are| He is not expected to livg warned that operating a car with- out a 1929 license is likely to sub- ject the offender to the penalties of the law, which are either a fine of $500 or six months imprisonment or Canadian line by closing up gaps,{a combination of the two. The ab- while from Wahpeton south the high-| solute limit for applying is March way is in the same condition of com-| 15. pletion and the 19°> program on his road is to gravel it from the The writer came to Bismarck July 28, 1874, on the Northern Pacific train. Bismarck was the end of the line at that time, though the grade for the future steel road was com- pleted far west of here. He was ac- companied by his sister, Mrs. John McLean, who died here during the last summer. Upon arriving Studebaker ud match with t of the Chi- from St. Louis! 8 second cal Steady Ascending Bismarck he A comparison of the records shows secured a position as clerk in the in thi: { i School Law Talks 5 ade: U for several years the following reg- reaches ban tele aaa feneral store,! Each day Parsons, will speak on idea bs ett hei istration receipts: F drichshaf $ Where he worked until 1884.“ Ischool law. Among. the topics hel completed by work between Mandan | 192! $760,444.45 i Te od rereenme, deputy register|will discuss are duties of ‘county and New Salem and a little east of $816,871.15 2 campaign to of deeds, remaining in this position|superintendents, duties of school| Dickinson, with a lot of gravelin $1,083,573.45 risiltee oe Ween, he was elected boards, duties of the teachers, school | pallewinectey ous $1,578,080.75 register of deeds. laws in general and county superint- He: -ading Costs + $1,595,442.35, mee sathinishing his second term as reg-|dents annual reports No. S5)an neat -eoripletian aise, ‘0 show 144,830 ab ister of deeds in 1894, Falconer then Many of ‘the county superintend-|Contracts have been Wane the|Passenger cars registered in 1927 became deputy county treasurer, in|ents will contribute to the program. bridge a approaches on the line |@nd 145,570 in 1926, which office he served until 1900,]J. H. Phelps of Divide county will! where it crosses the little Missouri|.In trucks the 1926 figures were when he was elected treasurer. speak on “Superintendents Records’ river at Challoner’s ferry, 12,250, and in 1927 they were 15,871, Completing his second term as|A. M. Waller of Ward county will | 5 i SHE Genet go that thei OS figures of 21,778 cenat’, treasurer in 1904, he became|give an address on “Difficulties”; [een # big and Sit ae tl ation ws teoeoan busines. aerate deputy state treasurer, remaining in|Mrs. Ethel K. Mertz, Richland . Shas agen parently to farmers buying heavily in that time. The’ motorcycle show a constant drop in 1926, 305 were registered, in 1927 only 277, and 1928 reveals a further decrease to 234. New Plates Ready The new license plates are ready January 1 for the first time in the history of the bureau, Registrar Ingstad_ recently’ announced 80,000 cubic yards of earth had to be removed to the mile, or ten times what it was necessary to excavate 6 on any other road. 8 » Logan| road gap that will bring con- The Building | siderable trade to Bismarck 1 that from Hazleton east to Napoleon, which is being completed. Highway No. 83 is about 75 per cent graveled. Secretary Ermating- that offiee until 1908, From 1908 to 1920, he was em- ployed by the International Har- vester company, and he has been city assessor since that time. Falconer was born Feb. 26, 1859 at Glengary, Ont., Can. In 1868 he came west with his brothers, work- ing on the construction of the Un- ited Pacific railway. He settled county, will speak on “Supervision in the Rural School”; Curtis Jenkins Emmons county will di Surveys”; and J. will speal m”. Margaret Alexander, superint- endent of Towner county, will talk tandard schools” at one of the sessions; E. H_ Schroeder, Grand (Commander at a still lower price een ‘5 4 S, SOM ling having been h pith his brothers at a place called] Forks county. Will speak on “Super- | ee¥e, come Rravel The 1929 license plate for pass- , Red Desert, Wyo., when the Un-| intendents Visits:” H. O. Pippin, Tee ey eel eisclion and enger cars has an aluminum back- at the ited Pacific reached that far, he|Stack county will speak on “School No. 9 has been completed in grad-|STound with black numerals, License said. i 5 Officers Meetings”; Anna Nelson, | ing except a small portion near |tags for izucks have a black back- Sactory Falconer is considered an author-| former county superintendent of | Martin, which is under contract to be|Zround with orange numerals. A ity on Bismarck occurences in the| Steel county will talk on “Salesman. finished and it has been graveled|Shipment of one carload of tags early days. ship an Coty ee except for a few stretches, Bae apes ree reed and an- e yerly Will Speal No. 7 was completed from le} other carload is expected soon. Wednesday afternoon W. E. Byer-|Lake westward te No on spies; Automobile owners have untj) Double-drop frame; New, longer, lower lines; Non-shatterable windshield; Adjustable front ly, state land commissioner, will March 15 to apply for licenses. Af- grading. Traffie Wearing Roads As traffic grows heavier and the use of trucks multiplies, said Secre- tary Ermatinger, the problem of maintenance grows more pressing upon the commission as upkeep in- creases the drain on the commi: sion’s funds, the ability to biuld per- manently decreases, so that now the give an address on “School Lands”; and the following day, Miss Lillian Cook of the state Library commis- sion, will give a brief talk on “School Libraries”. H. H. Hanson, E. P. Grain, J. A. Page, Sara Guss and Hazel McKay of the department will talk on pro- blems of the superintendents at Here’s Hard One: Can You Name Ist Mayor in Capital? ter that day in addition to the regu- seat; Safety steel-core steering wheel; Ball bearing spring shackles; Hydraulic shock absorbers lar fee a penalty of ten cents a day will be charged until the end of March and two dollars for every month or fraction of a month there- after for a period not to exceed five months, making the maximum pen- alty $11.50. Persons purchasing new vehicles beauty. Color harmonies new to motordom, add tothe new Commander’s beauties, and enhance its graces, SMHE world’s first truly great motor ‘car of moéerate cost now becomes a car still finer 5, EN ++ sat a’py ec still lower! The new Commander rides more easily—seats its Who was Bismarck’s first mayor | Several meetings and Mrs and when did he serve? Quamme, St. Paul will discuss Par- -|state is three years behind on its 7500-mile program. There are on during the year must apply for li- censes within five days after pur- A new Commander by Studebaker, builder of passengers more comfortably—clings to the road at ent-Teacher organization work. A list of the county superinten- dents follows: Mrs. Agnes J. Thompson, Hett- chase. After the five day period a penalty accrues at the standard rate for delinquent applications. Law Demands Prompt Action In_his recent announcement that applications must be made at once for registration, istrar Ingstad said that any p: who operates any motor vehicle after January 1 without having made application for 1929 registration will be subject to the criminal provisions of the North Dakota motor vehicle laws, which He was Edwin Hackett, who was appointed by a legislative act of the Territory of Dakota, to act as master: of sheers from January, ae 1875, to April, 1875. _ [irger. : os A glance at the records of Will- Neil Aone Sb alley aly: iam A Falconer, who has been a Mes la * aa ne aaa ee . resident of the city for 53 years,| Mrs Ann M. Brown, Medora. shows that Bismarck has had 20/ Manda, Svingen, I ea eine ey Marvel Anderson, ‘Bowbelle. Following Hackett came John A. Mace Bins Monee McLean, first mayor elected by the| Madge Runey, Bi Baie April, 1875, to November, 1377. opine Evingeen, Hacao. People ee ctheccity, who served trom) a eter Ete. file requests for 1300 miles of earth grading and for 600 miles of gravel- ing. The commission can not build over 400 miles a year. To the secre- tary it begins to look as though the state could not do any improving after the program has been 70 per cent completed. All the annual fund at the commission’s disposal then be absorbed in maintenance costs, unless a means is found to in- crease the $500,000 to $5,000,000 now available. That will be in about two years, according to Mr. Ermat- high speed even more steadily. New ball bearing champions! Worthy heir to the laurebsef: its gallant : ; spring shackles and larger hydraulic shock absorb- predecessor—T he Commander which travclet7 5,000 ers. Wider, deeper, softer cushions. A lower center of gravity. A safety steering wheel that cannot fail. Brakes silken-smooth yet instant and powerful Nun-shatterable windshield. miles in less than 23,000 minutes. This record*has never been successfully challenged save by Stude- baker's great President Straight Eight! New Beauty: «NewComfort:: New Safety Never was Studebaker’s engineering genius and mee ae ene Pe H eS coat oe gas Maintenance Costs Artists in coachcraft have deftly re-directed The unique One-Profit manufacture better exemmplidad: P tacharts Sdward Gr Patterson, ing = i : a i" ‘ Pau io enon "Ermatinger Seaie Commander's body lines into effects of arresting © Never was Studebaker’s 77-year-old tradition of "ates Trane preginter, | William x ee, Nord s . nam, Ne on. eee ae and $500. mile, manufacturing integrity en forhe was recalled =| United ‘States district attorney by|,_,Elroy H. roeder, Grand|on the volume of traffic te which |the road is subjected. Traffic has President Grover Cleveland in 1885. been increasing 22 per cent on the car utterly without peer in its E. A. Williams, who began his Wilda Sebastian, Carson i 5 ~ rar? - 7 Mrs. Mathilda L., Johnson, Coop- average, according to the com. ve aes Nacguaa teak faster, {ate per terme io April, 009, WA8| catenin, jmission’s statistics’ and the use tt P » Becaus Mrs. Martha E. Bratcher, Mott. Hans J. Lee Steele. W. P. Olmsted, LaMoure. J. A. Solien, Napoleon. Lillian Parmenter, Towner. E. E, Gloege, Ashley. Mrs. Inga Norstog, Schafer. trucks has increased 50 per cent, while the end is not yct, so that wear and tear are likely to grow rather than diminish, ._. Then snow protection also is cost- ing the commission a pretty penny. Last year the commission had to the city commission after the com- mission form of government was adopted. Falconer’s statistics also show that A, W. Lucas and A. P. Lenhart have spent the most years in the more enduring, more Deaatiful, more comfortable. It is a Stud baker and a champion. There ‘ ; 10 car i eee gen AT cotaee| AE Thowmpecn, Washbutn. put $100,000 into snow equipment, ——————= are nofiner motor car credentials, tis second four-year term. E. R, Thomas, Stanton. included in which were a lot of four- i H. K. seeely Mandan. Paul A. Daloer, Stanley. Mrs, Jennie E. Skrivseth, Lakota, R, C. Stubbs, Center _ Silvia Johnson, Cavalier. Leonard Orvedal, Haney: Anna M. Bother, Devils Lake. wheel-drive trucks. In snow fences 200 miles of this sort of protection were completed in 1928, At the close of 1927 the commission had 142 miles, or 750,000 feet of this up. In bridges the commission has been doing very little. It is build Only one man was elected mayor at two different periods. He was William A Bentley. Bentley was first elected in 1887. Isaac P. Bak- cr was elected in 1890, and Bentley ‘was elected again in 1891. Bismarck’s ‘mayors follow: \» ANSONIA —— y i STUDEBAKER MODELS AND PRICES «< ° Herman I. Berger, Lisbon. ing a small one at Rox Elder and it |! BROADWAY AT NEV YORK he President Eight + $1785 te Xov. S—Voee Torel, Edwin Hackett, appointed by a Olga Peterson, Mohall. recently let a erat Paes : at BS. abe et * 81785 «Sash legislative act of the Territory of] tyr Ethel K. Mertz, Wahpeton. Valley City. The proposed Fargo bridge is in deadlock th account of inability to reach satisfactory ar- rangements with thé authorities on the Minnesota side. Requests for a bridge over the Pembina river on The Commander ¢ + 1375 to 15: The Dictator 1265 #0 1 3 The Erskine Size + + 835 ¢0 10 Halvorson, Rolla. Mrs. Nettie Herman, Forman. J. N, Muehl, McClusky, E. Helen Iorns, Fert Yates. Mrs, Alvina Wieck, Amidor. Dako, January, 1875, to April,| 4 6 John A. McLean, first mayor elected: by the people of Bismarck, April, 1875, to November, 1877. Patrons of Promi- nence Choose the Ansonia!! ene George ber, 1877, fi ickit inPee ae SH ihe 3 PRICES aT THE FACTORY to: April, ier pesuugie : a ae Oe Babway No, 81 recently was Naw Commayosr Broucau ror Five, $1525 — Bedford cord upholstery of French B.S, Thurston, April, 1881, @to Mary E. Cueator, Jamestown, " Bridge Conditions 1,400 Homelike Rooms, pillow type, with folding center arm reit in rear seat, Couanex SEDAN, $1375. April, ina: Raymond, April, 1882,| Margaret mcrae bec is Preparing for 1989 the com-|' very spacious and sump- Prices at the factory. Equipment, other than standard, extra. lames W. Raymon 5 *! Marion O. Lund, | » mission recently considerably pared to April, 1884. : A. M, Waller, Minot. ie beige, Teco ee tuous furnishings ‘John BP. Dunn, April, 1884, to ae petites, 1885 as : Cee Nt Hillier, Williston. the year as announced as $781,657. en E. Carlan, served a few Rates will surely please 79, of which the state will provide On display tomorrow with the'new World Champion President Eight © $869,581.12, the federa! government! Rootw with nrivate hath fe months after April, 1885, then re- Pwhis Team Clai ~- 41$1,016,662.33 and the vai ous count- seceeeeeees 83 per day up signed when Bae appointed Un- | This Team Claims ies, $695,414.44 ‘he roads dn which = it ites trict attorney Pre eet Grover Cleveland. | this is to be spent have not been de- For two ........85 per dey up signated. Weakest Defense | Bismarck Motor Company @ distan Brags, elected to. replace | ——~——- | "The budget, as adopted balances| Parlet Bedroom and bath y . rity rs thee ee eeeees! Ca se to April, 1886. i1,|_ Rulo, Neb,, Dec. 31.—(AP)—While|the highway’ commisuion’s trees per Say a 1 . Hunt, April, 1886, to April, Rulo’s newly formed high school bas- and sspenditures RR godly Restaurants of exceptions: i, 514 Main Ave. Chris Bertseh, Mgr. Phone 23 A e resources cai > merit: if i ‘Thompson, Witten, Finan A. Bentley, April, 1887, ance of $139,480.21 and “$023,560.16 4 Sth SRG... Gee ame Bo Rem ee wane ‘toApril, 1890. April, 1890, to in accounts Feceieanle , oe the Gas Wire at our expense for Krell Brew, Gackle, N. D. ey eee ™ ened ae ‘iia cis, guacho ace . er, - 4 eral vernment Reservations. ¥ G, M. Achuler, Hebron, N. ” Apra; 1891. : i sadttfon to ie following 4 ‘ a a Schulte Moter Co, Washburn, N. 0. | P. B. Goets, Dodge, B. Ds A. Bentley, April, 1891, auto license fees for the. fourth William jar Edward S, Allen, first man elect- |quarter of 1928 and gasoline tax col-