The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1929, Page 2

PAGE TWO ettd | gone ~ SENATORS ASSERT © SHARP PRACTICES _ USED TOPORCESALE Ployhar Says He’ll Fight It All Down the Line, but Watt Says Value Is There CHILD HYGIENE IS MERGED Highway Appropriation Is Rec- ommended for Passage After Road Debate ¢ The senate appropriations commit- tee shoved aside house bill No. 66, for the purchase of 396 acres of land ad- ditional for the state prison farm, when it was reached in a long ses- sion in room 500 at the Patterson, ‘Wednesday evsning. Senator Ployhar wanted it indefin- {tely postponed, but a substitute mo- tion to defer action until this morn- ing prevailed instead. The Valley City senator said he was going to fight the bill all down the line to the governor's office, even, if need be. He said he would take a leaf out of the book of Senator Watts, relative to the liberal arts building. Senator Watts was inclined to think the bill wasn’t so bad as far as the “price asked for the land went. He said a previous purchase of land at Mandan at $40 an acre couldn't com- Pare with this at $68.80 an acre. Be- FEPOOSSTT REPORT TEPER CEE LETT ES EST ESTE ETA He PEO PES ORE | SIDE GLANCES - - sides it was right up to the prison and, therefore, preferable to land three miles away. Child Hygiene Now in No. 39 The committee approved about every other bill of a long list before it. With the child hygiene bill, how- ever, senate No. 75, it took the course indicated the other day and inserted it into house bill No. 39, dealing with the state health department, making it a portion of the budget of that de- partment, in which child hygiene is a division. The committee was averse to creating another department. By adding the $26,000 carried by bill 75, bill 39 was loaded up with a total of $70,400, but the committee wanted to cut this, so by reducing an item for a clerk to the sanitary engineer and some minor shaving of items, as post- age, it reduced the total to $65,500, and at that amount it recommended the bill for passage. Senate bill No. 45, carrying appro- priations for the state highway de- AAA me ee eh case, in many features, of Uncle Sam ‘paying half of the bill and having all say. As for the county system, was tried before, he said, garalh gm roads did the state have when the present system was in- augurated? While. now look at the Sood roads through the state, he ada- Boge Repent Proposit ven the state y Z 5 Hu lr E i z f : I i 28 | i Ee i 8 35 8 ag E E gE Bf 5 i fe i BE Hg i 8 4 | 5 F i i g23 gest bey re ef | Ee H se ge i ; i : : i i i oe EE E g t I i 3 Bathgate; $8,750 for repairs to the roof of the state insane asylum. No action was taken on house bill No, 37. The wolf bounty bill, house No. 28, was recommended for pas- sage. f Legislative Calendar | ¢ Bills Passed by Senate od 8. B. 61—Kretschmar, Logan; and Sathre, Steele—Creates banking code commission to seomtreah teri laws ‘and report to next ure, 8. B. 72—Whitman, Grand Forks— Appropriates $161,000 to complete Uberal arts building at state univer- sity. 8. B. 7—Sperry, Burleigh—Re- quires state treasurer to keep in separate account funds to pay the principal and interest of North Da- kota state real estate bonds. 8. B. 91—Hamilton, McHenry—Au- thorizes attorney general to sell, on - /order of district court, material con- fiscated by law enforcement agents of attorney general's department. 8. B. 92—Appropriations committee —Puts salary of executive officer of | vestock sanitary board under con- trol of legislative appropriations committees. 8. B. 115—Magnuson, Bottineau— Appropriates $300 for L. J. Wehe for services in state library investigation in 1919. 8. B. Rep Pcreprcn ea g Propriates $2,000 for st - tural society. 8. B. 64—Whitman, Grand Forks— Creates state plumbing code and pro- vides for licensing of plumbers. New Senate Bills 8. B. 146—Appropriations Commit- tee—. tes $500 to pay ex- ,|penses of mill fact-finding commit- tee, created at 1927 session. 8. B. 147—Appropriations Commit- tee—Provides $31,874.47 to equip girls’ building at state school, Mandan. commissioners. 8. B, 150—Magnuson. Bottineau—| Widens latitude of county mutual in- surance companies in the investment to permit deposit in up to five per cent of luation to construct land- fields or airports. - - By George Clark 8S. B. 83—Van Arnam—Authorizes cities to buy or lease airplane land- ing fields or airports within or with- out the city limits. 8. B. 90—Whitman—Asks $15,000 to complete bridge across Red river at Grand Forks. H. B. 109—Northridge, Freeman— Establishes commission of three to run state mill and elevator. H. B. 88 — Henderson — Requires state and county officers to report to federal officers names of aliens con- victed of felony or adjuged insane. H. B. 60—Jardine—Would eliminate red tape in payment of contract es- timates and salaries in highway de- partment. H. B. 78— Plath, Burkhart, Smith —Prohibts sale of bees, bee appliances or'structures without inspection. H. B. 42—Appropriations Commit- tee—Provides for levy of tax to cre- ate fund for construction of new cap- itol building. New House Bills H. B. 146—Brunsdale, Traill—Pro- vides for sale of state mill and eleva- tor at Drake by state industrial com- imission, | H. B. 147—Isaak, Dunn—Makes cer- tified copy of death record evidence {for termination of joint tenancy of which deceased was a member. H. B. 148—Swendseld, Mountrail— Repeals law relating to assessment and taxation of corporate excess. H. B. 149—Swendseid, Mountrail— Repeals law giving bounty for main- taining watering places on highways. H. B. 150—Swendseid, Mountrail— Repeals law permitting county tax levy for immigration. H. B. 151—Smith, Cass—Would re- quire teaching of constitution of United States in public and private schools of North Dakota. H. B. 152—Olson, Burleigh—Permits removal of county physician for fail- ure to attend to needy cases brought to his attention by overseer of poor. ‘H. B. 153—Cox, Burleigh—Provides .|for licensing of airmen and aircraft. | The Day in Bismarck ° House and senate meet at 1. House to consider Northbridge- | Hamilton bill setting rates for ele- i vator grain storage. Senate to consider dog tax bill. Science is now experimenting to Produce milk in powdered form to simplify the problem and save costs of distribution. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | SHEEP MEN URGED TO BREED WESTERN TYPE OF WOOLIES North Dakota Expert Thinks Mistake Is Made Sticking to Foreign Types Fargo, N. D., Feb. 7.—Dr. J. H. Shepperd, head of the animal hus- bandry department of the North Da- kota Agricultural college, addressed Montana farmers, today, at the Mon- tana State College annual farm and home week, Bozeman, Mont., on the subject “Wrong Side Up.” Tomorrow he will tell the Montana people about his livestock observations at home and abroad. That the sheep breeders in Montana are forced to adopt a practice in their sheep breeding as wrong as some things which are “Wrong Side Up” was the contention of Dr. Shep- perd in his first talk. The ideal “western sheep” is as standard in type as the Shropshire, Hampshire, Southdown, Rambouillet or any other breed, and it has proven its worth and fitness for the plains and moun- tain country, and the markets through years of successful produc- tion, stated Dr. Shepperd. Why is it not made into an established breed instead of produced by cross-breed- ing a medium-wooled or long-wooled sheep and the Merino? was the ques- tion put before the Montana sheep breeders. Dr. Shepperd suggested that the breeders urge the college and the state to take up the project of developing an established breed of western sheep. Dr. Shepperd attended the annual meeting of the New Salem Holstein Breeding circuit at New Salem, N. D., Tuesday, Feb. 5, on his way to Boze- man. This breeding circuit, which is unique in many respects, was estab- lished there through the suggestion and aid of Dr. Shepperd in 1910. Record keeping and cooperative breeding in the circuit began at that Business Letter Course by Mail Is Opened by College ‘Twelve lessons in business letter writing through correspondence are now offered by the North Dakota Agricultural college. The business letter writing course has been designed to aid the average Person in the fundamentals and prac- tices of practical business letter writ- ing. T. W. Thordarson, director of courses in correspondence at the col- lege, is the originator of the course at the North Dakota institution. Stanley Man Likes Corn Experiments Walter Nelson, from south of Stan- Jey, was in the extension offices, Wed- nesday. He states that he grows corn every year, and that most of the years his corn matures; but, if not, he jwhich makes fine feed. Nelson is going to cooperate with the county agent in some corn variety trials the coming season. Cultivating conserves moisture, destroys weeds, and grain following this gives as good results as following summer fallow— and no crop lost. Today in Congress (By The Associated Press) THURSDAY House considers amended cruis- er bill. Senate continues with war de- partment appropriations bill. Sen- rety has before it second deficiency | ei, The 10th is the last day ot discount on Gas bills. SO Jump OME | OUT OUR WAY Yew RAZOR BACKS COME AN GiT Pi STOFFIN! ans a Bl THE WRANGLERS OUT A COMBIN' TH’ HILLS AN GREASE UP YO GILLS A Hoos By Williams IN YO BRITCHES, A ZA OS } IN GIT Gf always has good fodder anyway, |f; THIS HAS HAPPENED JACK HAYWARD, \strug- giing young insurance broker, becomes engaged to UTH LESTER, secretary to “HAND- SOME HARRY” BORDEN, promoter of dubious stock com- panies, whose private office is just across the narrow airshaft from Jack’s. On a Saturday morning in January, the promoter has two women callers. The first is RI- TA DUBOIS, night club dancer, who is to accompany him to Winter Haven for the week-end. The second is MRS. BORDEN, Borden's wife and mother of his two children, who calls for her monthly alimony. Learning he is busy, she agrees to return. ‘Be- fore she goes she glimpses the pistol in Ruth’s desk. While Ruth takes dictation Borden makes a playful pass at her and she screams, attracting , Jack’s attention in the opposite office. He is furious. When they meet for lunch, Ruth discovers she has forgot- ten her bank book and rushes back to the office. At the lunch- eon table Jack says he left their theater tickets on his desk and returns for them. He returns strangely perturbed. When on Monday morning Ruth finds the body of Borden sprawled on the floor near the window, she reviews Jack’s strange behavior and is petri- fied with fear. She runs to his office, and, finding him out, looks frantically in his desk for his gun. It is gone! Jack re- turns immediately and accom- panies her to Borden’s office where he calls the police. Fear- ing Jack shot Borden through the open window she rushes in- to Borden’s office to close his window before t:.e police arrive. The window is already closed! The police arrive. * * * NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER VIII In the brief instant between the turning of the knob of the outer door and the entrance of the police, Ruth had time to get control of. her nerves. For fear so horrible that she now wondered how she had been able to bear it had been lifted from her mind and heart. The window of Borden’s private office. opening upon the airshaft, and directly opposite to Jack Hay- ward’s window, was closed. How could she, even for a moment, have believed her man was guilty of mur- der? Her reasoning was exquisitely clear and simple: The only way Jack Hayward could have shot Borden was through the window. She her- self had left Borden’s door locked, because of his deadly fear of holdup men or the assaults of loss-crazed investors in his stocks. Borden would never in the world have unlocked it for Jack Hayward, for it was his custom, she knew, to demand to know who wanted to see him, if he was alone and unprotected in his of- ice, The only person, probably, whom he had admitted was his wife, whom he was expecting, and she undoubt- ediy had already called before Jack’s return to his office to get the for- gotten theater tickets. “Henry P. Borden’s offices?” an aggressive voice demanded unneces- sarily, for the name was painted on the door. “What’s happened here?” Ruth Lester was still standing in the protective circle of Jack Hay- ward’s arm. She looked curiously, no longer afraid, at the officer in plai: clothes who was addressing her. B hind him stood two policemen in uni- form, but Ruth scarcely saw them. The detective towered over her—a gigantic man, at least six feet three inches tall and broad in proportion. He looked as if he had grown griz- zl-d in the service of justice, but was still not satiated, getting a savage joy out of running criminals to earth. “T am John C. Hayward—offices in this building, and this is Miss Lester—Ruth Lester, secretary to 1” . Borden, who is—in there. Mur. dered,” Jack answered the detective quietly. “I'm Detective Sergeant Mc- Mann,” the huge man completed the strange introductions curtly. “Move aside, please. Let’s see him. Who dis- covered the body?” “I did,” Ruth whispered, horror of that thing inside swooping down upon her again. “I—I got to the of- fice this morning at 9:15, and—and foynd him there.” “You've been in there, too?” Mc- Mann jerked his head at Jack. “Just looked in. I didn’t touch anything,” Jack answered. “Except the door knob. No good having it photographed for finger- prints since both of you’ve touched it,” McMann answered as he grasped the knob in his own hands. Another jerk of his head indicated that the two uniformed policemen were to en- ter the room’ nenion him. > * Ruth and Jack stood aside to let the three of them pass, then watched from the doorway. The detective stopped just inside the door and gave a keen, searching glance about, apparently less interest in the body ‘on the floor near: the window than in what he hoped to find in the room, < “What are these crumbs and pea- nuts doing on the rug?” he demand- ed, whirling upon Ruth, “Oh!” she gasped. guiltily. “I—I must have dropped them when I saw den. I—I was going to Pigeons the ‘first ‘1 this ause I forgot to Satur- I thoueht—” with, he went and knelt beside the dead man’s body and lifted the out- flung right hand, whose fist, Ruth noticed for the first time, was clenched convulsively. “Stiff!” McMann pronounced. “Dead a good many hours, I'd say. Shot through the heart. Must have died quickly, but Dr. Nielson wil! tell us that. Rand—” h¢ addr one of the policemen—‘put in a call for headquarters. Tell the chief it’s murder all right, and to send Dr. Nielson over right away. And hig gers, you stand outside the door in the hall and keep the crowds sent: The news will go through the build- ing like wildfire, once it gets start- ed. Did you spill it?” he demanded of Ruth. She shook her head. “I told no one but Mr. Hayward. I went to him immediately after—after I saw Mr. Borden. Mr. Hayward has of- fices on this floor, around in the next wing. We are—engaged to be married, That’s why I went to him. “That so?” ater et le squinted gray eyes stu e pair in the doorway. He seemed about to ask some question concerning their relationship to each other or to the dead man, and then, to Ruth’s great relief, to decide upon a query of more immediate importance. “Did Borden keep any money or valuables in the office? Do you know what he had on him Saturday? Looks like he must have been murdered as long as Saturday.” “TI know that he had $500 in tens and twenties,” Ruth answered stead-| trom ily. “He had me go to the bank to get it for him, as he was going to Winter Haven for the week-end. His train was to leave at 2:16. I don’t know how much more he had. caught a glimpse of a yellow-backed note in his wallet when he put the $500 in, but I didn’t see the denomi- nation. He also had a pair of rail- road tickets with a Pullman draw- ing-room ticket, which he had had me buy for ha As she spoke, the detective was searching the pockets of the dead man’s coat, trousers and vest. “Here are the tickets O. K. And some loose change in a pocket. But there are no banknotes at all... . Hmm! Looks like robbery.” “There have been a number of holdups in the building in the last few weeks,” Jack volunteered. “Someone who knew Miss Lester to be Mr. Borden’s secretary may have he her cashing the check for $500 and— “T'll do the maybes on this job, thanks!” McMann interrupted harsh- ly. “Now, Miss Lester—by the way, any relation to Colby Lester, the lawyer?” - Tears sprang into Ruth’s eyes. “He was my father.” McMann’s glinting eyes were gen- tle for a moment, as they took in the small figure. “Sorry, Miss Les- ter! I had no idea. Do remember the boys saying he'had a kid—I mean & daughter—that he was crazy about. . . . Now, child, in your own words, tell me all you know about this business. When you last saw Borden, everything of importance that had happened Saturday, any- thing you can think of to help me.” “Please, may I sit down—in my own office?” Ruth faltered. The detective took a chair beside Ruth’s desk, making notes on sheets of yellow paper, as the girl told her story. “Saturday is always a quiet day, since it is a half holiday,” Ruth be- gan, her hands tight locked on the desk before her, her brows knit in an effort at concentration. “I ar- rived first. at half-past nine, then Benny Smith, the office boy, came in— “Where is he now?” “He hasn’t come in yet,” Ruth ad- mitted. “He sometimes soldiers on the job when he knows Mr. Borden 2. out, of town. He was to go away or “The boy’s address?” McMann de- manded, pencil poised. “Why, I don’t know,” Ruth ac- knowledged reluctantly. “I have an old address on file, but his family moved the first of January. I told him to give me his new ad but someone interrupted, and I’m he didn’t.” “Guess he'll stroll in later.” Mec- Mann dismissed the office boy. “Now go on, please. When did. Borden come in Saturday?” “About 10, as usual. Some wo- man, who would not give her name, had just called for him on the phone, and I told him, describing her voice. He knew who she was, but he didn’t mention her panne “Ever hear her voice before?” McMann was instantly alert. “She had called several times duri four months I worked here,” Ruth answered. “Once I put her through to Mr. Borden, he told me to remember her voice and never do so again. She has a beautiful, throaty contralto. ... Yes, I’d know it if I » sure heard it again, over the phone any- way.” “All right. Goon,” “Mr. Borden dictgted for about half an hour.” “Any trouble between you and Borden, Miss Lester?” McMann pounced. “Trouble? Oh, no!”. Ruth protest- ed, flushing. “He was always very considerate of me, till the very day of his.death—” Which was literal! true—until the very day’ of hi death! “He dictated, as I said, until Benny interru to say that an old man was jn this office, deme: to sec Mr. Borden. I went out to talk with -him,; because Mr. Borden 4 course—" : McMann _, ejaculated. “What pigeons?” “| Ruth’s tremulous voice explained: “This is the top floor of the build- ing. A flock of pigeons nest on the roof and I've becn feeding them at Borden— door that I bowl full of weeks. I—I was s0|she .Prison Farm Purchase Measure Deferred at Sign of EBLAGK PB tsp ©1929 By NEA Service, Inc. ICFO ANNE AUSTIN essed jto the busi 1) see the unfairness of THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1929 I think he was just talking, as peo- ple do who are furious and helpless. They frequently say things they don’t mean—” cee “Suppose you describe the old man and let his lawyers worry about, his defense, if it comes to that,” Mc- Mann brought the girl back sharply sets in hand. “Remem- ber, Miss Lester, your employer has been murdered, and I’m counting on yea LohaM find out who the urderer is.’ - (To Be Continued) More suspects in the next chapter. Mrs. Borden appears on the scene. SS ao People’s Forum Either all the children should ve taken in the busses or each family should take its own. ‘There was a time when a man liked to rent a farm as near a schoo! as he could get. Now it seems that the farther away he is the better off he is. As it is now, the man who has to take his children to school pays just @s much taxes as the man who has his children taken to school andten dollars to boot. Now, Mr. Editor, do you think I have any kick coming or not? The law says equal rights to all and spe- cial privileges to none, and it looks to me that this law gets about as far away from it as the devil will let it. THOMAS W. TIEL. —_— | SAFEGUARDING PUBLIC DE- POSITS Bismarck, N. D. Editor Tribune: ‘We read so much in the newspapers about safeguarding public deposits that we are led to believe that this kind of deposits are the only kind of deposits of any significance. We are in hearty accord with safeguarding ‘this kind of deposits against any Possible loss, to safeguard public funds against any loss, is to’ take care of thé best interest of the people. We all must concede that it is of the ytmost im) in safeguard- ing public funds. Public funds orig- inate with the people and should re- ceive due care for the benefit, of the people at large. Public funds can not Do we ever hear about safeguarding Private funds against any possible loss? We have been told that this mighty slim. We contend that safeguarding one kind of deposits is of just as great importance as to safeguard the other kind. OLE SATHER. Charbonneau, N. D. Comes Lincoln’s birthday. Let all remember oe wesite. 5) 5 g e. HY e 2 g : s =z f EE : iu i SeER ee 2 sgh i ef s F i E Ee 3 5 z 3 & F E g E E Bg gis ae uk tes & qf) i B . l Hf & g f i i i i | fal a2 3 Hostilities . VOCATIONAL BILL AIDS NORTH DAKOTA TO TEACH F Added Cash in Federal Measv're Ranges from Half a Million to $2,500,000 a Year With the passing of the George- Menges-Reed vocational educational Coolidge expected shortly, Coolidge is expec! to sign '. additional federal aid will become available, making it possible to add approximately three new departments of vocational agriculture each year for the next five years in North Da- | kota high schools, making a total of about 55 departments by 1933-34. At present there are 42 high schools in North Dakota with departments of vocational agriculture, according to Prof. E. H. Jones, state supervisor of vocational agriculture, North Da- kota Agricultural college. The George-Menges-Reed vocation- al agricultural bill, as passed by the house, provides $600,000 annually, be- ginning with the year ending June 30, 1931, and increasing $500,000 an- nually for four years thereafter, mak- ing a total of $2,500,000 in five years. This sum, points out Profes- sor Jones, is to be used in teaching vocational agriculture and home economics in all states, in addition to the present Smith-Hughes appropri- ations for this work. North Dakota’s share in the new appropriations will allow for an increase of three new departments for the coming five years. For the year 1926-27, the home project work carried on by the agri- cultural students in the North Dakota high schools gave an average net re- turn of $2,730.82 in each department, while the average amount of federal funds used in each department was $845.69. For every dollar of federal funds spent in th: community there was an average return of $3.22 from project returns to the For every dollar of local funds spent in the average community there was a dollar of federal funds and $3.22 from the project returns, making a total of $4.22 returned to the community for every dollar of local funds ex- pended. Society today demands that a stu- dent’s economic capacity and train- ing be such that he can eagn o re- spectable living and provide for those depending upon him. He is expected to become a producer and not a con- sumer only. Vocational agricultural education is one answer to this prob- lem, believes Mr. Jones. IN NEW YORK e New York, Feb. 7. — Grasping, greedy, inhuman New York? Yes, in spots. And then, egain— The other day two Manhattan newspaper reporters fared forth with @ $100 bill. First they went to a sub- way station. The cashier couldn't change the bill, so he advanced the car fare with a@ remark—“Pay me back the next time you come by.” Then they went toa cafe. The Proprietor couldn't change the bill, and although he could have gone to a bank a few doors away, he said— “That's all right. ‘I'll trust you. Pay me when you get it changed.” The two reporters traveled the length and breadth of Manhattan Isle and found that there were in- numerable places where the proprie- tors were willing to let them “pay~ when they passed by.” This, in the biggest, hardest boiled all, its the incongruities you come to like about New York. i, x oe oe For the first time since the late Political debacle, I came upon our brown-derby candidate, “Governor Al,” the other night. He was seated at a typical Broadway o-¢ = | a are il g gtk E 5 an E E Z. Hat ef A “i f E are A ey ell : tf He i il ni i: i a ee? z id fi -f i y aul = « e town upon the e * eek F