The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1929, Page 12

Tere ee ‘ vs. Martin Deichert, Editor's Note: This is the tenth of a series of stories by Rodney Dutcher, Washington cor- respondent for the Tribune and NEA Service, who accompanied President-elect Hoover's party through Latin America. see San Jose, Costa Rica (By mail)—j British and ‘The comparative progress and sta- bility of Costa Rica have been reflect- ed in her trade with the outside world. Throughout the republic there is a demand for imported goods, more than half of which are brought from the United States. There are more than 1500 automo- biles registered in the country and all that this writer saw were Ameri- can made—Chevrolets, Buicks, Oak- lands and Fords (new model) pre- dominating. Costa Rica would have more of them if it were not for a tax or tariff of 1000 colones ($250) on each car. A high tariff on all imported goods outside the necessity class puts Amer- ican and European goods above the reach of the not-so-well-to-do class. It is interesting to note that Ger- many, by underselling her British and American competitors, now has 20 per cent of Costa Rican import business, as against a pre-war 15 per cent and a wartime zero. A San Jose engineer, however, advised your correspondent of a recent trend toward American machinery after unsatisfactory ex- perience with the cheaper German ‘product. Some American manufacturers are able to price their goods low enough to offset the effects of the tariff. ‘There is also a carefully selected free list which includes agricultural ma- chinery, structural steel and cement. ‘The upper class here drinks only im- Ported liquors and wines and the tariff on those is so high as to make the prices about even with bootleg prices in the United States. Scotch whiskey costs $5 a bottle and good American gingerale 50 cents. Cotton fabrics represent the big- gest import item, with a low tariff, as elsewhere in Central America, but the demand is relatively larger for G00d flour, automobiles, machinery and steel. Shoes, soaps and candles are the principal domestic manufac- tures and there are strong prefer- | ences for American shoes, Italian hats and English woolens. eee The first large object observed on the dock at Puntarenas was a piece of agricultural machinery from Aur- ora, Ill. Many of the young women carried umbrellas, used for sun- shades, that might have come from New York, Paris or London, and some of ‘the Puntarenas flappers even had {atest style initialed pocketbooks un- der their arms. Incidentally, this was the fourth Central American country in which your correspondent observed that. skirts here are as short as anywhere else and the resultant outlook just as Pleasant to contemplate. The Hoover party rode from Pun- tarenas to San Jose in improvised parlor coaches made by the Southern Car Co. of High Point, N. C. A Bald- | win oil-burner drew the train andi White Rock and White Rock ginger- ale, served free, went into competi- tion with imported German beer. Your correspondent felt perfectly at home when a Costa Rican asked him in perfect English: “Is it hot enough for you?” Every day Costa Rican customs are not markedly different from <q wih HCDVER ix ‘# Latin America A GAUNY AND WEARY FIGURE HAS CREPT OUT OF YHE NIGHT'S DARKNESS — AND PEERS AT 3 ACROSS ‘THE STREET - HE COULD STAND INO LONGER — HE WAS RISKED ALL FOR JUST ONE aE OF THE GIRL WHOSE PICTURE HE CARRIES IN WIS LOCKET — pd = cone ff | gS : Cfo. MW, OUT WILL WAIT — Yi AB = iy ; JUST A GLIMPSE AND YHEN ON WIS WEARY WAY AGAIN — Jours, one found, except that break- fast is confined to coffee, roll and butter and lunch comes between 11 jand 12. see San Jose turned out to be perhaps more cosmopolitan than American- ized, with American, German, Spanish influences blended. Women get their silk dresses and stockings from Paris j and their diamonds from Amsterdam. | San Jose cops ride on Indians and Harley-Davidsons. Campbell's sends | the soup. London supplies the cook- i fes and crackers. The strect cars all |carry large “Goodrich Silvertown” | | signs on top. One uses American | sanitary drinking cups everywhere. | ‘The Police Gazette appears in the |Gan Hotel, Vanity Fair and Pictor- ial are observed on a beauty parlor | table alongside snappy magazines | |from Madrid, a flashy Spanish lan- | ; Suage magazine printed in Stevens | Point, Wis., appears to be a favorite | and there’s a Spanish language movie | magazine published in Nueva York. Lucky Strike and Camel cigarets com- | Pete for Costa Rican favor at reason- | able prices and the “Lucky Girl” oft- | en smiles across at Wrigley’s gum girl ad. Remington typewriters and Gen- eral Motors machines are shown in | large showrooms. | Lithographs on many billboards | ballyhoo movies featuring Pola Negri, | Harold Lloyd and other American stars. Modern drugstores show Amer- ican dental floss, fountain pens and razor blades besides cosmetics and candies from France and Britain. The | leading bookstore sells Spanish, Eng- lish and German novels. TALKED OSCAR INTO MAKING A FLIGUT IN There’s a grocery store which is a dead ringer for any American chain store, carrying all the familiar canned brands. San Jose is being paved by a German firm. Road building con- tracts have lately been awarded to a North Carolina concern and the rail- road to the Pacific coast is being elec- trified under American supervision. But perhaps nothing reminded | your correspondent so much of home as the conversation of two women across the table at the Hoover lunch- eon, who turned out to be Ameri- canos. Said one to the other: “What do you know about that Mrs. Blotz? Everyone here has hats. Suppose we'd taken her advice and | not worn any. Then where'd we be?” o- BARN AND LANDED IN A MAZE OF WIRES DIRECTLY BELOW «A CALLWAS SENT IN FoR THE FIRE DEPT. American investments in the coun- try are supposed to run up above $30,000,000, much of which was put in by the United Fruit Company, which owns some 75 per cent of the railroads. The Sinclair oil interests have a_ million acre concession in Costa Rica, though ideas differ as to {how much oil there is under Costa Rican grounds, There is demand for capital for more agricultural de- velopment. Bananas and coffee are the big ex- Port crops. Extensive forests remain to be exploited and there are vast tracts of uncultivated land as well as a great deal of unused water pow- | er. The mountainous nature of much of Costa Rica appears to have hin- dered development, although there is excellent railroad service between the Pacific port of Purtarenas and the capital and between San Jose and the Atlantic. At the time of the Hoover visit @ government representative was in New York trying to raise a $10,000,- 000 loan for highways to feed the railroad system, which will open up |@ market for trucks and more pleas- iure automobiles. TT WAS A FIZZLE=* WHAT WAS UP? vou EVERV TIME 1 LOOKED USUALLY: COME HOME AT ANYONE THEY FROM THAT BRIDGE CLUB WERE WAWNING, AND / ALL EXCITED ABOUT ONE 1 WAS BORED 70. THING OR ANOTHER DEATH SAY, MY IDEA OF A ONE HUNDRED PER CENT DUMMY AT BRIDGE IS. MRS. SNOOP--SHE DOESN'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE GAME TO FOLLOW SUITs WELL , THE BOTTOM SIMPLY out OF THE PARTY WHEN: ‘I ° ee | Decisions of ! Supreme Court | ES a cecal ae Merchants & Farmers State Bank, a corporation, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. Johanna Ronning, also known as Mrs. J. Ronning, Defendant and Appellant. 1. After it has been regularly tried and finally submitted to the court for determination, a civil ection May not be dismissed on plaintiff's motion without a final determination of the merits. 2. In the instant case it is held for reasons stated in the opinion that the trial court erred in granting plain- tiff’s motion for a dismissal of the ac- tion without prejudice after the case had been regularly tried and finally submitted to the court for decision. (SyNabus by the court.) From a judgment of the district court of Hettinger county, Berry, J. Deft int appeals. REVERSED. Opi of the court by Christian- son, J. Harvey J. Miller, New England, N. Dak., Attorney for Defendant and Appellant, Otto Thress, Dickinson, N. Dak., Attorney for Plaintiff and Re- spondent. Max P. Erker and Franciska Erker, . Plaintiffs and Appellants and the record contains a proper re- turn showing such personal service, and this is controverted by affidavits tending to show no service the deci- sion of the District Court to the ef- ;fect there was such service is con- {clusive upon the parties in the ab- sence of appeal, and in another ac- tion an attack on such judgment for want of such service is @ collateral | attack. ' 2. Where, in an action im the Dis- trict Court garnishment proceedings are had and the defendant claims that the disclosure made by the gar- nishee is such that the Court should not have rendered judgment against the garnishee, but the defendant per- mits judgment to be taken against her and against the garnishee by de- fault, and no appeal is taken from the action of the Court in rendering judg- ment against the garnishee, and the judgments rendered against the de- fendant and garnishee have become final, and the garnishee has paid the judgment, such judgment is conclu- sive against the defendant and can- not be attacked in another action. (Syllabus by the court.) Appeal from the District Court of Grant County, Hon. H. L. Berry, Judge: ) ry fom= ) Nn’ VC ‘ERS “Ta COME IN, YOU HOP 2 GUZZLEM'S BUNDLE BUGGY 11 WHaDDA~A NEED T'OAY 2 Paras ON & FRUIT DIET ANDO | WANNA .DOZEN-ORANGES, & COUPLA LEMONS, THREE] ‘ PERSIMMONS, @ QUINCE OR “Two, & HALE . QROER, 4 ENS see wow nON. Wes He oo” : : - ‘ - e. PLease! ANY Dates? : NIGHT UM INNITED “Ta GU225 FOR, OINNER — ERIDAY I' CALLIN’ ON KITTY, AN! SATUROAN "1! GOIN’ To & AFFIRMED. Opinion of the court by Burr, J. Messrs. Kelsch and Higgins, of Mandan, N. Dak., attorneys for plain- tiffs and appellants. Edw. 8. Johnson, of Carson, N. Dak., and Scott Cameron, of Bismarck, N. Dak., attorneys for defendant and respondent. North west Engineering Com- Pany, & corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant. vs. Gjellefald-Chapman Construc- tion company, a corporation, Defendant and Respondent. 1, In an action for the purchase Price of machinery that has been ac- cepted and retained by the purchaser, the purchaser may set up against the seller a branch of warranty by way of